¡Te Estábamos Esperando! We Were Expecting You!
“You never know who might stop by.” My mother said it so often it stopped sounding like a guess and started sounding like a rule. She’d already be elbow deep…
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Suicide Prevention Has to Begin Before the Crisis
September is Suicide Prevention Month. It still feels strange to describe myself as someone with “lived experience” with suicide. For much of my career, I understood suicide through the lens…
Continuing to Travel: Reflections on Gloria Steinem
Just over a week ago, I heard the news that Gloria Steinem passed away days after Dolly Parton. Two women who transcended who they were supposed to be and lived…
Four Things My Mother Taught Me About Health Advocacy and Accessibility
This July marks another Disability Pride Month, and 2026 marks the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law on July 26, 1990. And this year’s theme, “The World Works Better With Us,” speaks directly to me…
More Than Monoliths
As a Hmong person, I’ve accepted over my lifetime that many people I meet very often have never met a Hmong person or even heard of the Hmong people. How could they…
How Nivedita Ranade is Shaping Equitable Evaluation
For too long, evaluation has asked the wrong question: What is wrong with this community? As a culturally responsive and equitable evaluator, I start with: What is strong about this community, and what does this community need to further thrive? …
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