Note2Queen Inc Non Profit Organization

Note2Queen Inc Non Profit Organization Celebrating resilience, growth, and the power of community. 501(c)(3) NPO.

Therapeutic & Performing Arts ED | Mental Health & Trauma Awareness Advocate | Empowering youth & families to rise above adversity through art, education, and healing.

One of the greatest misconceptions about individuals with intellectual and developmental differences is that they are li...
06/15/2026

One of the greatest misconceptions about individuals with intellectual and developmental differences is that they are limited by their diagnosis.

What I have learned is that many are not lacking ability, they are lacking opportunity.

As I watch my students move closer to graduation, I am reminded that growth looks different for everyone, but progress is progress. Their journey has required determination, patience, resilience, and the courage to keep showing up even when things are difficult.

We spend a lot of time focusing on transferable skills, communication, confidence, problem-solving, professionalism, and self-advocacy because success is about more than earning a credential. It’s about believing you belong in the room and having the tools to navigate it.

Some days are challenging. Some days require extra patience. Some days they absolutely wear me out. 😊 But every breakthrough, every accomplishment, every moment they begin to see their own potential makes it worth it.

BreakingBarriers AbilitiesNotLimitations GrowthMindset TraumaInformedCare EducationForAll

One of the quickest ways to learn where you stand with people is to pay attention to what happens after a private conver...
06/15/2026

One of the quickest ways to learn where you stand with people is to pay attention to what happens after a private conversation.

If someone is comfortable sharing with you what was never theirs to tell, chances are they're just as comfortable sharing your business with someone else.

Loyalty isn't proven by what people say to your face. It's revealed by how they handle information, relationships, and trust when you're not in the room.

The tricky part is that disloyalty rarely introduces itself as disloyalty. It often arrives wrapped in concern, friendship, advice, or "I'm only telling you because..."

Pay attention.

Character has a way of revealing itself without ever making an announcement.

And if someone is willing to betray another person's confidence for your benefit, don't mistake that for loyalty. One day, you may find yourself on the other end of that same conversation.

Trust wisely. Protect your peace and value the people who know how to hold space without spilling it. ❤️

It’s something sacred about being able to lock in creatively and therapeutically. Based on our own lived experiences as ...
06/02/2026

It’s something sacred about being able to lock in creatively and therapeutically. Based on our own lived experiences as a motherless daughter, we’ve been holding stories that were never meant to stay buried, because grief doesn’t only come from death.

Grief can look like a mother who was deported.
Grief can look like a mother who is incarcerated.
Grief can look like addiction that took someone while they were still alive. Grief can look like abandonment. Grief can look like a mother sitting right in front of you who never learned how to love beyond her own wounds and grief can look like losing the mother who loved you with everything she had, but still won’t be there for the milestones, the phone calls, or the moments you rehearse in your head just to feel close to her again.

The truth is, daughters don’t just lose people.
They carry what those losses do to them.

For months, I’ve been sitting with women and helping them speak the unspeakable, not stories about mothers, but stories from daughters.

Daughters carrying grief.
Daughters carrying trauma.
Daughters carrying unanswered questions.
Daughters carrying love that has nowhere to go.

Because mental health isn’t only about what happened to us. Sometimes it’s about what was never said. What was never explained. Who was never healed and who we had to become anyway.

Enemy in the Mirror 2026: MOMologue

Four daughters.
Four truths.
One reality.

A daughter never forgets.

Sometimes the saddest family wounds are the ones nobody talks about out loud.Generational hurt is real.People inherit si...
05/23/2026

Sometimes the saddest family wounds are the ones nobody talks about out loud.

Generational hurt is real.
People inherit silence.
They inherit grudges.
They inherit stories told from one side.
They inherit pain they never personally experienced… and somehow end up carrying it like it belongs to them.

And the truth is, a lot of cousins, siblings, aunts, uncles, and entire bloodlines end up disconnected over battles they never started.

Children grow into adults already divided.
Not because they truly know each other… but because they were taught distance before they ever had the chance to build connection.

That’s the painful part.

Because sometimes you look at people who share your blood and realize the separation was never even about you.

It was inherited.

And if we’re being honest, a lot of families are silently grieving relationships that never even had a fair chance to exist.

Healing in families starts when someone decides to stop carrying borrowed hatred.
When someone becomes mature enough to say, “What happened before me does not have to become who I am.”

Not every relationship can be repaired.
Not every wound will suddenly close.

But cycles can end.

And maybe that’s where healing begins.

05/22/2026

Don’t give up in the middle of your becoming.

That’s usually where depression gets loud, trauma feels heavy, and surviving another day starts feeling exhausting.

But being broken and becoming can exist in the same season.

We want people to understand that trauma is valid, even when it is unseen, unspoken, or happened years ago.Too often, in...
05/13/2026

We want people to understand that trauma is valid, even when it is unseen, unspoken, or happened years ago.

Too often, individuals minimize their own experiences because they have been told “others had it worse” or “you should be over it by now.” But trauma is personal, and healing is not a competition.

We encourage anyone navigating traumatic experiences to seek safe support systems, prioritize their mental and emotional well-being, and remember they are not alone in their healing journey.

Healing begins with acknowledgment, support, compassion, and community.

We believe mentorship, community support, and genuine connection can change the trajectory of a young person’s life.One ...
05/11/2026

We believe mentorship, community support, and genuine connection can change the trajectory of a young person’s life.

One of the young men we mentor has shown incredible growth, resilience, maturity, and determination when it comes to creating a better future for himself. He is intelligent, respectful, gifted, and intentional about wanting more for his life and that matters.

A few weeks ago, outreach was made to several male community partners asking them to authentically pour into him through mentorship, guidance, employment resources, and training opportunities as he continues navigating his transition into adulthood.

While some never followed back up, others absolutely answered the call.

Not just with words, but with action.
With consistency.
With support.
With outreach.
With presence.

and that kind of community care deserves to be acknowledged. As a society, we often speak negatively about our youth and hopelessly about our communities. But when young people are actively seeking guidance, support, structure, and opportunity, we have a responsibility to show up for them.

That is community work.
That is leadership.
That is accountability.

Not every young person needs financial assistance. Sometimes they need exposure. Sometimes they need mentorship. Sometimes they need access. Sometimes they simply need someone to believe in them long enough for them to believe in themselves.

Much of the work we do for youth and families happens quietly behind the scenes. But moments like this serve as powerful reminders of what can happen when community members genuinely care and intentionally invest into the next generation.

Watching this young man grow, open up, think bigger, and continue moving forward with confidence has been incredibly meaningful.

and we are truly proud of him.

05/11/2026

If you’ve ever felt like life hit you so hard you could barely breathe…know I’ve been there too.

Twenty-five years ago, I stood in Rowan House, a women and children’s transitional housing shelter, pregnant with twins, grieving, angry, heartbroken, and trying to survive pain most people around me didn’t even know existed.

Has a homeless teenager I lost two sons…one at People’s Emergency Center and it was at Rowan House that I lost one of my twin boys, my baby Safiyy.

Truthfully, there were moments life could’ve buried me emotionally. I was a young brown girl who was fatherless, motherless, full of anger, grief, abandonment, and silently carrying a level of suffering underneath it all that many people couldn’t recognize. But I thank God for the people who looked beyond my pain and didn’t give up on me.

People who understood I was hurting and somewhere through all of that pain, I learned:
be careful not to emotionally bury something you may later spiritually beg God to resurrect. So instead of allowing pain to harden my heart, I asked God to help me remain human through it all.

The love I give…
The joy I spread…
The way I pour into women, youth, families, and my community…
My heart for service…

It all came from surviving moments that were supposed to break me. So if you’re reading this while feeling like your world has collapsed…If you’re silently gasping for emotional air…

Please know this:

Your pain is not proof that God abandoned you. Sometimes the very people who carry the most light are people who survived incredible darkness and sometimes the places that once held your deepest pain become proof of God’s greatest purpose.

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