I made my way to the first floor of the Martin Building, to see her portrait, which hangs in the building where I was able to mark my own "first"-one that would not have been possible without Sadie T.M. Alexander. As policymakers, my colleagues and I make decisions that impact the entire country. We are driven by data, which we collect in abundance.
But our own experiencesincluding our education, professional and lived experience, and personal understandinginform how we seek out and examine those data and discern what they mean for the future.