Context

Hey, I’m RaeLani.

I’m interested in how people survive systems that ask them to disappear from themselves.

Over the years, I’ve held many roles—specialist, coordinator, manager, director—but none of them fully capture what I actually do. At heart, I’m a communicator. I pay witness to where power prevents translation, and I work to close those gaps.

You don’t have to know all of the jargon to be successful. You don’t need the most expensive tools, either. What you do have to know is how to ask questions and be willing to sit with what follows.

Sometimes this work stays on the page. Sometimes it moves into conversation.