My Most Important Identity Now Is As

I Hope Telling Stories Though 'making A Difference' - As In My Academic Work And Nonprofit Work - Will Help Me To Live My Grandmother's Adage Of 'life Is Not About What Happens To You, But About What You Do With What Happens To You.'

We Proved We Could Be Safe And Secure At Home, And Still Have More Allies And Friends In The World.

That's Not What I Want My Children To Hear. That's Not Representative Of The Country That I Want My Children To Grow Up In. And So That Actually I Found Far More Upsetting As A Mom, As A Woman, As An American, And Even As My Mother's Daughter Than Anything They Said About My Mom.

I Unapologetically And Unabashedly Am Deeply Biased Toward My Mother.

For Most Young Americans I Know, 'serving' In The Broadest Sense Now Seems Like The Only Thing To Do.