To my students,

When we are in our twenties, to say that the pressure is intense is an understatement. Between building your career, your personal life, your health, your relationships, and your identity - it is a lot. And often, despite our best efforts, we often feel a little lost along the way. As twenty-something year olds trying their best to make their way in the world and to figure out who they are, life has a certain quality in humbling us along the way. And for some, these bad days can really take its toll. I was no exception. My twenties were filled with failures, rejections, crashouts, and felt like a series of unfortunate events. In many ways, I wanted to give up and just let things be - but I was lucky.

I was lucky that in the hardest and lowest moments of my life, I had friends and people to turn to, to get advice from, and who believed in me, even when I often couldn't. I knew that once I made something of myself, I'd make sure to try my hardest to make sure no student ever feels as lost as I once did and that I would try my best to help as many as I could. I would never take a dollar, I would never chase a sponsorship, and I would never find an investor - I wanted students to know that there were people who genuinely wanted to help to no advantage of their own, and just wanted to do good in the world. And how lucky am I to have met amazing people along the way, who want to do the same.

BobaTalks is more than just a non profit, or a mentorship program. In many ways, it's more than a community too.It is a message to the entire world that in a time where feeling lost and confused is all but certain, there is a little corner in the world that people can turn to should they ever need to.  That no matter how hard life gets, no matter how gray it feels, and no matter what comes next - that they are not alone. That as long as we exist, students will always have a space to turn to - for their career stuff, for their life stuff, and for everything else in between.

As long as there are students, I will be rooting for them - always.