I am an alumnus of King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science Class 2024. I will be attending the University of California Los Angeles. I am an aspiring neurosurgeon and I wish to travel the world doing research on the brain and performing surgery in underfunded communities.
There was a time when I did not understand the purpose of activism. When I heard the Women’s Leadership Project was using the library on Wednesdays during lunch, I was irritated. The library was my haven away from the clustered clamor of the quad. I was asked if I was there for the WLP meeting, and instinctively said, “Yes.” I never knew that one word could change my world.
Through WLP, I was able to facilitate rallies for missing and murdered women, speak on our podcast, Virtual Homegirl, attend a table LGBTQ-plus rally, and intern with Standing4BlackGirls.
WLP transformed me from the little girl who was told to stay quiet — and an observer, a bystander in the face of injustice — into an activist who has marched hand in hand to stand for our communities.
