John gradually realized the disillusionment of America's "lies of pretended humanism" from the wisdom of James Baldwin. With empathy and resonation of suffering being dependent on the expense, exclusion, oppression, and economic deprivation due to social constructs not limited to race, gender, and sexual orientation, as a Federal Policy Researcher for Dear Asian Youth, John is inspired to translate what he has learned and continue to cultivate from the legacies and infrastructures left by justice and equity pioneers of the past and present into accessible, approachable, and active actions for positive and transformative restitution as change.