MAKING ROOM

Although Taylor is proud to represent students and her community, she acknowledges there are challenges.

“I deal with the same racial issues as students, in addition to gender pay issues,” she says, adding that she has encountered people who do not fully credit or value her education and experience because of her youth.

However, she always remembers the “why” behind her work: “I started because I knew there was a lack of women and Black and Brown people in leadership at institutions like mine that weren’t built for Black and Brown people. I do it for my students, community and city.”