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Use Your Difference to Make a Difference
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Use Your Difference to Make a Difference

by Tayo Rockson
September 2019
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
240 pages
4h 49m
English
Wiley
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Acknowledgments

In many ways, writing this book has been a dream come true and a source of tremendous joy for me. When I started writing poems back in 10th grade, I couldn't envision doing this, so I am incredibly humbled and grateful for the opportunity to share this book with you. It is a culmination of all my personal and professional observations as someone who has lived in the intersections. None of this would have been possible without God, my lord and savior; I can't even count the ways I have felt Her presence. To my parents, Akinkunmi and Iyabosola Rockson, thank you for providing a stable home to always come back to, despite the ups and downs. I could always count on you two to send me inspirational videos, pictures, and/or articles to keep me going throughout the week. The perseverance, discipline, perspective, tough love, manners, respect, and so much more that you taught me have helped me succeed in life.

I'm also eternally grateful to my brothers, Dele and Tunde Rockson. Both of you challenged me to be a better leader, brother, and man. You both make me so proud with how much you do.

To Rob Kingyens, who took a chance on a freshly graduated young man in Virginia and again when I moved to New York City. You saw someone raw who you could mentor. Thank you for that!

To Sasha Reed, who was the first person to invest in me. I am still so humbled by how much of a chance you took on me. Thank you for seeing me even when I could not see myself.

To Charlotte Maiorana, for ...

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