Howard

"It's a very hard thing to start off your career, be like, I don't know if this is what I wanted."

"As a small business owner with one employee, me, um, every responsibility is my responsibility, um, for better or for worse."

"So I actually spend a lot of time res doing, um, readings off Google Scholar in the fields or spaces that I, um, am interested in."

"When working with clients, holding a lot of compassion for them, um, a lot of compassion for myself"

"I enjoy most being able to actively make changes in my community...and impact their lives in bigger or little ways."

"I get in my way a lot of times."

"Being a difference maker in that space just brings me a lot of joy that I, you know, I can act, enact, change."

"I constantly try to grow myself and challenge myself as well as approach the industry in different ways. I guess there's no one right way to do it."

"You really have to prepare yourself to self-care for yourself. You're in a role where you're constantly giving and giving and holding space."

"get the first job that feels like, you know, can make you some money if you're dealing with student loans or anything, and really get the experience"

"you'll have voices and feelings in your head that will convince you to take this safer path that is not necessarily the path you need to take."

"It's all that experience. And so I would take it all and it's on you to hold the perspective of how it sets you up for later, whether it be a next job, next career, career pivot, all of the above."

"I had to own my identity, but also in some ways create the space for my identity."