THE BEGINNING. In the beginning, our dynamic was...bliss. I didn't have to say a single word. He moved so gracefully through our forming bond and masked his symptoms so well. I later found out that he had not taken his meds for 2 weeks. The entire 2 weeks he was unmedicated, we were meeting

✏️ I genuinely love working—showing up, solving problems, putting in real effort. But working in a place that claims to value professionalism while policing natural hair, headwraps, and identity? That’s not professionalism. That’s performance. I’m not the only Black or Afro-Latina woman here who