My grandmother, Dolores Huerta, and the cost of protecting the story A note before you read: this newsletter touches on sexual violence, intimate partner violence, and intergenerational loss. Take care of yourself. ⏱️ Reading time: 6 minutes Welcome to Fearless — my weekly newsletter where I share leadership insights and honest advice for social impact professionals navigating power, career, and change. What's inside today's newsletter: Why my grandmother left everything she knew to follow a...
23 days ago • 7 min read
The oldest form of people power. ⏱️ Reading time: 5 minutes Welcome to Fearless — my weekly newsletter where I share leadership insights and honest advice for social impact professionals navigating power, career, and change. What's inside today's newsletter: How gossip became a sin — and who decided that What evolutionary science actually says about why we do it Whisper networks as resistance, from fiction to the UN Why relational intelligence is the most underrated leadership skill of our...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Iran, empire, and what complexity asks of us as leaders. ⏱️ Reading time: 5 minutes Welcome to Fearless — my weekly newsletter where I share leadership insights and honest advice for social impact professionals navigating power, career, and change. What's inside today's newsletter: What is happening — and what I believe about it Two things can be true — and both can break your heart What this asks of us I texted a friend this week. She is Iranian. She has family there. She has been sitting,...
about 2 months ago • 5 min read
Labels saved me. Labels are also killing our movements. ⏱️ Reading time: 5 minutes Welcome to Fearless — my weekly newsletter where I share leadership insights and honest advice for social impact professionals navigating power, career, and change. I have a confession to make. There was a time I called myself an activist. And then there was a time I stopped. It started when I was fifteen years old, a week after the 9/11 attacks in the US at my high school in Central Valley, California. Our...
2 months ago • 6 min read
Ramadan, fire horses, and why mentorship falls short ⏱️ Reading time: 5 minutes Welcome to my weekly newsletter where I share insights and advice from my experience as a woman of color leading with heart and strategy for the future of social impact. In today's letter: What Ramadan teaches every leader about pace The Year of the Fire Horse: act boldly, rest often Four things Vandita Morarka said that are worth sitting with 🌙 1. What Ramadan teaches every leader about pace Billions of Muslims...
2 months ago • 4 min read
What I learned watching Bad Bunny hold grief and joy at once. ⏱️ Reading time: 6 minutes Welcome to my weekly newsletter where I share insights and advice from my experience as a woman of color leader championing values-driven leadership and preparing for the future of social impact. In today's letter: What Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance taught me about effective leadership The word nonprofit leaders hate (but desperately need) Why holding space for both grief and joy makes you more...
3 months ago • 6 min read
⏱️ Reading time: 5 minutes Welcome to my weekly newsletter where I share insights and advice from my experience as a woman of color leader championing values-driven leadership and preparing for the future of social impact. 75% of social impact leaders are in survival mode Over the past few months, 205 of your social impact peers have taken my Nervous System Leadership Quiz. Here's what the data shows: 🥊 31% are in Fight Mode - Your nervous system's strategy of protection through vigilance....
3 months ago • 5 min read
🔄 The four shifts reshaping social impact (+ what you need to know) ⏱️ Reading time: 6 minutes Welcome to my weekly newsletter where I share insights and advice from my experience as a woman of color leader championing values-driven leadership and preparing for the future of social impact. In today's letter: A quick note about January Help shape Flourish Fellowship (2-min survey) Two shifts that matter most right now Join me for a free upcoming workshop on January 20 📬 1. A quick note about...
4 months ago • 5 min read
The leadership lesson nobody tells you: Sometimes your body knows first ⏱️ Reading time: 6 minutes Welcome to my weekly newsletter where I share insights and advice from my experience as a woman of color leader championing values-driven leadership and preparing for the future of social impact. Content Note: This newsletter shares my personal journey through traumatic events including conflict-related violence, intimate partner abuse, and mental health struggles. I share these experiences to...
4 months ago • 10 min read