One simple choice I made when I saw not only how the world expected me to behave but who they wanted me to be. So I made the choice to become who I wanted to be instead. Not only did I refuse to be defined by my past for a moment longer, but I refused to be defined by any other human in my life, whether that was a stranger behind a computer screen or my own mother. And now I’m here, standing in front of you, asking you to make that same choice.
