There was a version of my life that looked very successful on paper. Degrees. A long corporate career. Work with companies people recognize. A life that made sense from the outside. And yet, somewhere along the way, I realized something I couldn’t unsee: I was living a life that looked right… but didn’t feel like mine. Long before that realization, I had already learned how to survive. I grew up in an environment where safety wasn’t a given. Where love and unpredictability li
