I respect people who step up, step in, and keep moving forward through complex problems to make positive changes at all levels of the community. These are people who assess situations, the actors involved, the potential outcomes, and determine if their skills and energy can help achieve real results rather than adding to the noise and dysfunction.

Voice is not merely expression. It is interpretation.... It shapes how we interpret conflict, how we define failure, how we understand love. It becomes the narrator of our experience.