Memoir
A Useful Childhood
I’ve always seen going to school as a choice, even though it was compulsory and truancy was enforceable by law. Maybe that's because I had somewhere else to go that was steeped in usefulness.
Education
Impact
Banana Season
In education we frequently hear, “It’s all about the kids.” But this is a profession like any other, and like all professionals, youth practitioners need to feel valued and fulfilled in their work. So here's some good stuff that happened recently.
Business
Peace Through Commerce
In September 2023, I rage-launched Los Compas Coffee, a coffee roasting social enterprise that teaches opportunity youth about the liberatory power of small business entrepreneurship.
Work
The Grief of Being Complicit
Even when most individuals in large system are operating with the best intentions, the machinery of the system renders injustices. It's hard not to feel complicit.