Your beginning does not define your becoming.

“I grew up seeing it—the brilliant, sparkling potential in the eyes of young girls slowly dimmed by circumstance. The weight of expectation, the lack of resources, the silence where there should have been encouragement. But I also saw resilience. I saw that when you give a girl a safe space, a sister, and a belief in herself, gravity loses its hold. She rises. That whisper I heard years ago is not a privilege. It should be a promise.”