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“Perspectives” is one of my favorite words. As life goes on, we don’t have the same standards, conversations, jobs. Things change every single day. With those changes, we need different plans, and we won’t have good plans unless we include different people with different experiences.

It took this last opportunity to step into the role of CEO at yli for me to see that my identities truly matter. I have to step into them and own them and amplify them, so that others can see themselves in me.

I think youth should be able to vote on policies and laws that directly affect us. We can’t get the best results if we don’t include the input of every age group. Young people need to continue to speak out – to claim our right to freedom of speech to speak our minds.

I believe that it’s really important to push yourself beyond your comfort zone and seek out the lessons you have to learn. And I think my generation is really equipped to do that. From what I see, we’re a lot more open minded, inclusive, and willing to fight to make sure we can be ourselves.

Youth have special bonds with people our own age, and we can often bond over the smallest things. That leads to getting organized.