Kimberly Rhoden

I think mine. My belief that no matter what, somebody somewhere needs me in that moment. No matter what. So, just believing that I am on an assignment. Wherever I go, and that even though I may end up in places that I perhaps didn't necessarily want to end up in, or I was kind of moved into by circumstances beyond my control. I just remembered that there's someone, whether it's a student, another colleague, an administrator, someone at that time needed me. And they needed my gifts, to be shared with them at that time.

If it's to you're free. not be afraid. Be good at something, and to own Your talents and your gifts. A lot of times, we're in a space where we feel as though we have to Pulled back. Or we have to reserve. Certain aspects of our gifts, if you will. So, my advice to anyone is to don't be afraid to be that light, don't be afraid to shine. Because It's all you have, and you deserve to you deserve to share it, you know? Don't be afraid to not share it. Share your life.

I would say to to To work with others, realize that everyone around you has something that they bring to the table, something to offer. And to be wise, and Listening and keeping an open mind. Because, Sometimes there's a lot of jewels and shiny things, and we kind of miss on the things that are not so shiny, including some of our more, veteran, members, whose days may have been a little bit, gone as far as, some of the shiny things, but, what I found in education is everybody brings something to the table, whether it's, parents, even our work sometimes our most challenging students. Like I said, staff members who, may not be as fresh as some of our Counterparts, but for the most part, you can learn from everyone, so be ready to learn. from everyone.

A lot of it is just, of course, you know, having the ability, to really navigate and Build, the way that you need to, to be able to support. schools and teachers, I really feel like, you know, there's just not enough resources in the way of funding. You know, trying to operate a business that needs so much, but is gonna rely on funding from individual donors, or is going to rely on customers to really support. You know, and of course, when you're dealing with education and you're dealing with teachers, you know, knowing the role that teachers play and knowing all that they give in terms of working with their students and so forth, it's kind of hard to be able to rely on the individuals to You know, support your business. So, for the most part, it's just, you know, generally, it's just funding, and it's just navigating all the different, layers, especially when you're doing it alone. That's hard.

Treating others. with time. Kindness and respect. I think that no matter what, whether you're having a good day, a bad day, whether things are going great or not going great, I think it's treating people, with a certain amount of with all that you have when it comes to, like I said, kindness and respect. Because at the end of the day. All of these things will pass away, and You know, what's here today, I found an education is normally here tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, but one thing that won't be here is you. But, you know, if you can leave something with people, and if they can remember that you treated them. timely, no matter what the circumstances were, I think that outweighs everything else. That's that You know, went on, and people will. remember that.