As the days count down and Sunday gets closer, I feel the nervousness and anxiety of living and working in NYC fading away. This summer is a leap of faith, in which I hope to go through incredible growth, while also helping those around me nourish. I cannot begin to say how ready I am for the cohort awkwardness to be replaced with feelings of trust, connection, and care for each other. Likewise, I cannot wait to replace the mysterious feelings and unknowingness of my work with my summer partner with a concrete plan of action. This summer I will be working with Sanctuary for Families (SFF) as a Family Law intern, shadowing attorneys in this field and helping prep for trials and cases, through research, client engagement, and much more. I am doing this, because coming from a Southern Black family, I have been blessed to see both sides of the family spectrum— the amazing and the awful. This has helped me to understand how crucial of a role family dynamics play in the success of not only children, but also adults.

I worry about a few things, but none are really major. Firstly, I worry about adjusting to life in the city. I must make sure that the fast-pace of the city does not drain me, and I must learn to not only keep up, but to excel as this pace. This may be hard coming from a quiet town like Olive Branch, MS, where the excitement is old-styled murals being painted, but I am ready! Continuing, I worry about my position with SFF. I hope that the environment of SFF is healthy, allowing for transparency and communication from intern to supervisor. Lastly, I worry about my contributions to The Moxie Project. I worry of what will happen if my work does not match up to my thoughts on this site, in person, and so on. While these are my worries, these are also the same things I am excited about. I believe that these worries will go away once I arrive and begin to settle in, and I cannot wait to see what this summer has in store.