I choose Surge because of its transformational leadership and holistic focus. Growing in community with other brilliant mindsets as we understand the depth and breadth of this work as people of color is liberating. Our communities and world need the intellectual minds that the Surge Institute has curated to push the narrative of what education can and should look like. I choose Surge because I strive to become to better leader that will work in collaboration with others make the next generation of students ready to concur the world and beyond.