"It is so critical to understand that speaking up transcends the ability to help just the person speaking up, but know…"

"It’s so heartbreaking that we’re killing talent. We’re killing intelligence. We’re killing future leaders. We’re kill…"

"When you get up every day, I want you to remind yourself that tomorrow will be better than today. That you are a pers…"

"You must do good for other peoples, even if you are not well, even if the whole world around you is not well."

"We all be speaking different because we all are having different growing-up life, but we can all be understanding eac…"

"Not his-story. My own will be called her-story."

"“My mama say education will give me a voice. I want more than just a voice, Ms. Tia. I want a louding voice,” I say. …"

"I want to tell her that God is not a cement building of stones and sand. That God is not for all that putting inside …"

"Now I know that speaking good English is not the measure of intelligent mind and sharp brain. English is only a langu…"

"I don’t want to write trauma for trauma’s sake. I want to write it in a way that leads to empathy. To action."