I am a big fan and admirer of Alana! She is a dedicated, passionate, driven, bright, hard working, and inspirational leader and change maker in her community, improving the lives of women in need through Safe Sisters Circle. She and I became acquainted in the very early days of Safe Sisters Circle when her newly founded organization, which supports Black women survivors of domestic and sexual violence in DC Wards 7 and 8, became a grantee of the Women’s Bar Association Foundation (WBAF), on whose board I sit. Thereafter, I saw her grow Safe Sisters Circle and the services it provided by smartly building out a team of additional talented and devoted staff. While the WBAF continued its support of Safe Sisters Circle with repeated grants through the present (2024), I found myself compelled by Alana’s passion and commitment to personally donate to the wonderful work of Safe Sisters Circle. I applauded and cheered the selection of Alana as a 2022 Washingtonian of the Year, happy to see such recognition for an important community leader who I hold in such high regard. As her star continues to rise, I look forward to future opportunities to work with Alana.