Ashmae HoilandMoving from the Best ranked School in the State to a Title One Elementary.Privilege is a word that sits on my skin like a sunburn these days. It’s always been there, I had not protected myself from it because I…Oct 24, 2018Oct 24, 2018
Ashmae HoilandWhat does My Empathy Amount to?Empathy was not the word I thought when I saw the bee land on my son’s knee. I saw him brush the stinger from his pants and heard him howl…Oct 23, 2018Oct 23, 2018
Ashmae HoilandThe Body as MotherI was at the gym early in the morning when I realized that part of me was missing. I couldn’t quite pinpoint it, but everything felt…Aug 6, 2018Aug 6, 2018
Ashmae HoilandOn Telling My Own Children about the Border Crisis.This morning I sat my children down at the kitchen table and told them ‘we need to talk.’ I live in the strange land of parenthood which…Jun 21, 2018Jun 21, 2018
Ashmae HoilandThe Benefits and Downfalls of Being Invisible in Silicon ValleyThe evening I am on a walk with my children and husband gathering wild flowers for my children’s teachers. My kids are officially 5 and 7…May 9, 2018May 9, 2018