CLEANPOWER in Color Is Almost Here
There was a point in my career when I didn’t know how to get to the next step. I believed that if I worked hard and proved myself, the right doors would open, but it didn’t work that way. I couldn’t find someone to provide the guidance that I was seeking.
I had to figure it out on my own. And I did. And I promised that I would always share what I learned because I wasted a lot of unnecessary time. I came to understand how to access opportunity. Who is in the room. Who gets heard. Who is invited into the conversations that move careers forward.
Those moments matter. More than we often acknowledge. I want everyone to learn those lessons and not have to wait to be noticed, sponsored or mentored. CLEANPOWER in Color was created with that in mind.
This work is personal for me. I came to ACP because I wanted to be intentional about providing knowledge and creating space for our community, not just to participate in this industry, but to help lead it. Last year, we launched this event during a challenging moment. What stayed with me was not just the programming, but what happened in between: People connected in meaningful ways. They shared experiences openly. They left with a stronger sense of where they fit and where they could go next.
That is the kind of space we are continuing to build. A space where professionals of color are not on the margins of the conversation, but at the center of it. A space where growth happens not just through content, but through connection, reflection, and shared experience. Because leadership is not built in isolation. It is shaped over time, through the rooms we are in and the people we learn from along the way.
I hope you will join us in Houston this June.