Last week, I stood on a stage at the CIE Academic Showcase and received the Pursuit of Excellence Award . I smiled. I said thank you. I felt deeply honored. But if I’m being honest, my mind didn’t go to the banner, the applause, or even the word excellence . It went back to the very beginning. To folding chairs. To borrowed spaces. To unanswered questions. To grief. To courage that didn’t feel brave at the time...just necessary. This award may have been handed to me in a single moment, but it...

Two Years In: What This Latte-Fueled Leadership Journey Has Taught Me Two years ago, I pressed “publish” on something that felt deeply personal and quietly brave. Leadership With a Latte wasn’t created to go viral. It wasn’t built on algorithms or aesthetics. It was born from real leadership moments...early mornings, hard conversations, grief, growth, and the steady courage it takes to lead with integrity when no one is watching. And today, it turns two. What Started as a Whisper Became a...

There’s a quiet expectation placed on educational leaders that no one ever says out loud—but everyone seems to believe. That if you’re doing it “right,” you’ll have it all together. You’ll be calm. You’ll be confident. You’ll have answers. You’ll be steady, even when everything else feels like it’s spinning. And if you don’t? Well… maybe you just aren’t cut out for leadership. That’s the myth. And December has a way of exposing just how heavy that myth really is. The Myth of “Having It All...