Example I The organization that I founded and run, HBCUvc, currently has a staff of ten, and we’re an all-Black women team. (Note: this is not our goal because we are genuinely anchored in the value of diversity, but it is our current situation) Last week, we hosted an in-person staff retreat after two years […]

It’s been 15 years since I’ve experienced “Spring” as a season. I grew up in Philadelphia, where we had all 4 seasons, but I have lived in California since 2007. Last year, my husband and I made the personal decision to move our family to Denmark. He is from Denmark, grew up there, and moved […]

Below is a draft framework towards an equitable venture capital (VC) industry. Please note: The word “equity” is used frequently lot in this post. The primary meaning of equity in VC refers to ownership in private companies. In this post, “equity” refers to economic fairness and justice for all people. This framework is modeled from […]

This post was originally written in 2015. However, I wanted to repost it here from a previous blog platform. I made minor edits, 1) to use capital B in Black when referring to people, and 2) replace ‘blacks’ to read ‘Black People.’ Language used on how we define ourselves is always a journey. In case […]

This week I read ‘A Drop of Midnight’ by Jason Diakité. Jason is a Swedish rapper, the son of two Americans (White mother and Black father), and was born and raised in Sweden. I was attracted to the book because I thought it would focus on Jason’s life in Sweden as a Black man. I […]