To the readers of this blog, Each year, Warren Buffett begins his annual letter not with a market prediction, but with a story. I’ll do the same. Let me tell you about Maya. Maya is fictional, but only technically. She exists in spirit all around us, in a sister, a coworker, a neighbor, or even... Continue Reading →

Leila is 46. She lives alone in a rent-controlled apartment that’s more studio than home. Her bookshelves are full of screenplays, poetry collections, and books on liberation theory. She has two cameras, a light kit, and a dozen tote bags from women-led film festivals across the country. She’s single, child-free, and completely untethered, by choice.... Continue Reading →

Ezra is 23 and just recently aged out of the foster care system. For the first time in his life, he’s living entirely on his own, no caseworker, no group home, no social worker to check in on him. He has no parents or relatives to call for help. And now, he’s trying to survive... Continue Reading →

James is 35 years old, and he’s been a caregiver since he was 19. When most people were starting their adult lives, going to college, moving out, starting careers, James was suddenly responsible for someone else. His mother had a stroke when he was just finishing high school. The dreams he had of becoming a... Continue Reading →

Marisol is 46. She lives in a shared craftsman-style home in the Pacific Northwest with two other women in their 30s and 40s, fellow artists, seekers, and soft rebels. The kind of home with mismatched chairs, prayer flags, handmade mugs, and books stacked sideways. Some months, it feels like a sanctuary. Other months, like the... Continue Reading →

Alejandro is 24 years old. He works six days a week doing backbreaking work as a cook at two different restaurants. He doesn’t complain. In fact, Alejandro is one of those people who seems to carry the weight of his world with quiet dignity. He doesn’t have much, but he always shows up early, stays... Continue Reading →

Let’s talk about a woman named Nadine. She’s 55 years old and standing in the toothpaste aisle, trying to decide between the $1.99 store brand and the $3.29 name brand she’s used her whole life. This wasn’t how it was supposed to go. She thought by now, things would’ve stabilized. Maybe even gotten easier. But... Continue Reading →

If you’re reading this and you’re a single mom of three, maybe you’ve felt like the system wasn’t built for you. That every step forward is harder than it should be. That no matter how hard you work, you’re still always catching up on bills, on rest, on everything. This isn’t just a blog post.... Continue Reading →

Meet Devon: A Story You Might Recognize Devon is 19. He just started college at a public university, the first in his family to do so. He grew up in a low-income neighborhood where the streetlights didn’t always work and police sirens were more common than ice cream trucks. His mom worked nights at a... Continue Reading →