Ashley Grace, 31, started working as an actor at age 16, and her career took off. Ten years later and a number of successful television shows and films, Grace was about to get married and was reflecting on the path her life had taken. “I realized that I kind of bypassed what I had always felt my passion in life was — to work with children,” she said. “I realized that if I didn’t go to college, I wasn’t going to have the opportunity to explore options in the future because I wasn’t, frankly, going to be qualified.” Read more about Ashley Grace

StrengthUnited stands in solidarity with the Black community as they yet again are subject to pain and suffering at the hands of racist and unjust systems. The national rage expressed about Mr. Floyd’s murder, and the murder of too many others reflects the deep pain over the injustice that People of Color - and in particular Black men - have been subjected to throughout the generations.

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