My AncestryDNA is Irish, English, a little Norway, and a sliver of German.

I’ve lived in Miami my whole life so my experience is kinda unique. I’m the minority here and always was in school growing up. I absolutely know that I’m part of the larger majority and have all of those advantages. But growing up here gave me perspective and context that my family in the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, and Ohio just don’t have.

So I’m married to a Honduran woman from New York and I went to college for Sociology. I consider myself an ally for POC, women, and everyone else who is hurt by the society that gives me privileges. We go to the marches, we advocate, we call out friends and family who express ignorance.

I’ve been here since the beginning and have learned a bunch. I’ll keep learning.