Elizabeth Silleck La Rue, Esq. is CEO of Silleck Consulting Services, LLC, a firm dedicated to advancing equity and sustainability at the intersection of environmentalism and social justice. Her career and academic training in systemic oppression, law, and environmental policy inform her lived experience as a teen mom and member of a multiracial family, creating a unique lens through which she views policy advocacy and workplace culture. She writes about what she sees and knows, hoping it provides validation and empowerment to others suffering under structural forms of oppression, and she strives to facilitate our evolution toward a more equitable, environmentally sustainable society.