Opal E. Franklin is a ball of positivity but her life hasn't been a road paved with yellow bricks.  In this episode, she shares the nuances of code switching "proper English" and AAVE as she navigated between everyday home life with her white adopted parents and the relationship with her biological family. We also get into how she honors her ancestors by continuing to push forward with owning her narrative through storytelling, the struggle with fitting her long name on legal docs and finding her place in tech as a diversity and equity advocate.