01/02/2026
Dear 2026,
I’m not arriving with resolutions.
I’m arriving with a lifetime of becoming and a promise to recognize the accomplishments that carried me here.
I come to you as Ms. Shirel
a kid from Brooklyn who fell in love with dance and found her discipline inside NYC public school .arts, a award recipient who carried that love all the way to ,
and a woman who followed it into classrooms, studios, stages, coffee shops, and living rooms filled with children.
With motherhood and maturing as a woman, a friend, and a wife, I have so much I’m excited for and I look forward to serving my community in a really big way.