Circle: Development

“As we start to feel safe with one another and feel like we belong together, we can relax into appreciating the fullness of life and our place in this ecosystem. And we can bring our transformed and transforming selves to the necessary work of building a better society for everyone. What do we choose to build then? Who or what would our systems protect?” – Prentis Hemphill, What it Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World

Holly (they/them) is a white, autistic, genderqueer and queer, working/conditionally upper class single parent. They’re binational and spent their childhood between England and Wisconsin. They’ve lived on Munsee/Lenape land since 2015 where they’re committed to nurturing deep community connections.  

Holly pursues passions: they’ve been a milliner, a sweet shop owner, an activist, and a photographer. Their most consistent professional love is connecting resources with mission aligned organizations, work they’re delighted to continue at GWI. Their current source of joy is creating arts and crafts and singing along to musicals with their little one. Holly’s friendships are the heartbeat of their life.

Holly joins the Good Work Institute with appreciation for the intentionality behind envisioning a more just society. As we live in uncertain times, they find comfort in this beacon of hope for our future.