Eat Your Colors - June / July 2024

ESHE UKWELI

“Growing up in Boston, Massachusetts, while I’ve seen so many black and brown folks, I didn’t have any visions or possibility that reflected the entirety of my identity.

Standing here as a young Black trans-woman means that some little Black Girl, some other young person- dreaming of what their life could look like and who they can become is possible. They’ll have me and all the other Grand Marshals to look up to as possibilities.”