FAMU immersed me in a history and culture that only Black educators can fully pass down—professionals who had walked corporate corridors and returned to pour deeply into the next generation of leaders preparing for that same journey. It was where I learned that rigor and care can coexist, that excellence is strongest when it’s nurtured by those who share your lived experience.

This program deepened my understanding of the community health center movement—born alongside the civil rights era and rooted in the belief that healthcare is one of the most essential civil rights of all. I learned how these centers became lifelines for historically under-resourced neighborhoods, creating access to quality care through both grassroots and grasstops advocacy. That experience revealed how Medicaid and Medicare policy decisions are not just administrative—they’re acts of justice that shape who receives care, and how equity moves from legislation to lived experience.

This coalition offered a deeper lens on the interconnectedness of health equity—how housing, education, healthcare, and justice are inseparable threads in the same fabric of well-being. It reshaped how I view impact: that every practitioner holds power to drive change, from the micro level of daily practice to the macro level of system design. Equity, I learned, is deeply personal—quality improvement must honor the individual story as much as the population it serves.

The U.S. healthcare system differs sharply from those of similarly resourced nations, and this program offered the context to understand why. Through the Global Healthcare Leaders Program, I studied system design across countries—examining the historical, policy, and economic forces that shaped each nation’s infrastructure. I learned directly from executives of major health systems and plans, as well as architects of landmark policies like the Affordable Care Act. Learning alongside peers advancing health equity in the U.S. and around the world gave me a clearer view of what’s possible when leadership, policy, and design align in service of care.

HighLevel bridges the digital divide—placing the same ecosystem tools that power large enterprises into the hands of everyday business owners and community leaders. For me, it became a way to translate more than two decades of experience in healthcare product commercialization and policy advocacy into building systems that work for the people I’ve walked beside for years. The platform allows me to design digital ecosystems tailored to the complex realities of community health and development work—spaces where regulation, innovation, and care intersect daily. It’s where I get to build with intention: creating tools that help leaders activate their missions with greater ease, guided by someone who understands both the history that shaped our systems and the opportunities that can power what's next.

For more than twenty years, I’ve worked inside Salesforce ecosystems—witnessing firsthand how one platform can shape the future of work for millions of users across industries. Salesforce sits at the forefront of AI research and enterprise innovation, setting the standards for how global workforces evolve and collaborate. What draws me to them isn’t just the technology—it’s their visible commitment to advancing education, tech equity, and access. That’s why I chose Salesforce as a strategic partner in my own growth. Their ecosystem allows me to deepen my skills for the workforce of the future while equipping me to help my community do the same. Equity in action. Collaboration in action. Co-conspiracy in action. These are more than principles—they’re the shared practices that make our partnership powerful.

The workspace where flexibility meets focus—equally powerful for individual ideation and team collaboration. It’s deeply customizable, a space that can feel like your digital home while safely housing the thoughts, insights, and strategies that define your work. For knowledge workers, it’s more than organization—it’s preservation. Notion reduces cognitive load, captures progress, and tracks the evolution of your ideas over time. Its real power lies in the integration of databases and data-structuring tools, allowing you to connect information across projects, people, and systems. It can serve as the operating system for small organizations—becoming even more powerful when paired with CRM platforms like HighLevel or Salesforce. By combining unstructured data with AI-powered analysis, Notion helps uncover patterns, surface opportunities, and act as a true thinking partner in strategy and design. It’s the digital brain behind the work of those whose productivity depends on how well they think.

The National Academy of Sports Medicine taught me the science of performance and recovery—how the body adapts to stress, responds to change, and transforms when guided by a plan tailored to the individual’s story and conditions. This training linked physical performance to human systems design, placing the client at the center and creating a holistic view of how mental, physical, and environmental factors interact. It showed me that lasting transformation comes from small, intentional adjustments—micro changes programmed over time that compound into sustainable growth.