So, I think I'm ready to talk about this now...

a few words on family, identity, and intergenerational trauma

Last weekend, I realized that I’d missed a call from my grandmother. Worried, I called her back only to be greeted with a question, “Why are you talking about my family in this newspaper article?” You see, I was featured in my hometown’s newspaper for being named a 2025 Emerging Scholar by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education. And in the feature, I menti…