Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

By educating my son on Juneteenth, I am able to make it clear to him that we may live in a nation that wasn’t established with us in mind, but we continue to find freedom anyway.

For me, feminism felt like finding a beautiful shoe in the wrong size. No matter how much I strained, it never seemed to be a perfect fit. I found my size in womanism.

It’s time we stop teaching shame and start spending more time fostering healthy sexual identities in young girls.

Motherhood is stressful, and between regretting things we did in the past and planning for the future, it's hard to remember to eat lunch. Despite being pulled every possible direction, it’s important to practice self-care. And one of the easiest ways to ensure that you are taking care of yourself is to practice mindfulness.

I don’t know how long it will be before I stop allowing others' fears of sexuality as a black woman from affecting my views on sex.

“It’s about uplifting and empowering women to feel like they can be confident and do anything. Not just dance.”

It's strange to think that at the end of the year I will be the

Growing up, I had a lot of access to people who looked like me. I was completely unaware of the struggles that accompany interracial friendships.