As a kid, I didn’t have the best home situation. I always felt so isolated, never allowed to show my emotions or my thoughts because I’d risk making a bad situation far worse. Like so many people, Star Trek was my safe place, a future that was optimistic and bright and full of exploration and science and love. Nichelle was a part of that brightness, her real life activism even more so, which inspired me in my adulthood to become an activist as well. Thank you, Nichelle. I love you. Rest in power