Drake’s Scorpion, for many, was the album of the summer. Now that vacation is over and the school year has begun, it’s tempting to walk into class with our heads low knowing that, as Drake may say, our Summer Games are over. 

That begs the question, what else would Drake say? What pieces of wisdom remain to be discovered from the Champagne Papi? As the new school year begins, what lessons does Scorpion offer up? 

If a fourteen-year-old living in confinement could change the world. Why can’t you?

Reminder: Someone needs you today.

Fractions aren’t integers. They aren’t complete. They’re missing something. They’re not whole. I want to be whole.

Sometimes, I do what I don’t want to do. How about you?

The Detour is the Path

A mirror reflects your appearance. That’s all.

My first year of high school was spent wishing “I was a little bit taller” like Skee-Lo. As a 5’2" freshman, I resorted to all kinds of tactics to trigger a growth spurt.

“Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die.”

Under Armour asked me to collaborate with them on and share my story of how I came to be a leader of the #crazyonesmovement for their new campaign, #WillFindsAWay.

We all want to be successful, especially if you didn’t have much when you were growing up. But what if we looked beyond the things that society deems as achievements, like money, cars, and fame, and looked at what it truly means to be successful.

“On the one-month anniversary of the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High school, students across the country walk out and hold rallies to demand gun control. In D.C., students turned their back on the White House and held 17 minutes of silence for each of the victims.” - Hallie Jackson, MSNBC

“Whether women are better than men, I cannot say - But I can say they are certainly no worse.” - Golda Meir

We have a problem and the solutions we've been trying haven’t worked.

The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one.

Women are getting hurt because society is failing our men.