Alana is a shining star in the next generation of women of color leadership in ending gender-based violence. I have had the pleasure of mentoring Alana as Safe Sisters Circle’s founder for over three years. In that time, she tripled her organizational budget, made savvy decisions to grow her staff and installed a deputy role with whom she herself mentored and shared leadership to free her up to give her room for enterprising activities on behalf of the organization. Alana’s culturally specific acumen is powerful and unwavering, identifying and filling service gaps in Wards 7 & 8 and the overall DMV with legal services, new mental health counseling, and enrichment programming for young women of color. She has received many awards honoring her contributions in the DC area. Safe Sisters Circle is a model program and is one of few, if not the only, culturally specific legal services organization aimed specifically at serving Black women in the country. There is truly no limit to where Alana’s brilliance and ingenuity can take her!