We're Building the Workplaces
We Wish Existed
We train workplace transformation practitioners and license evidence-based methodologies grounded in Black womanist praxis, indigenous governance models, and disability justice frameworks. Not as "nice additions" to existing approaches. As the foundation itself.
This isn't about helping people adapt to broken systems. It's about building better ones.
We work with organizations ready to transform their cultures at the root—examining who holds power, how decisions get made, what counts as "excellence," and who gets to define it. We target the "Broken Rung"—the manager-to-director transition where women's careers stall—because that's where cultural failures compound most severely.
Our approach is simple:
When you expand whose wisdom informs your frameworks, everyone benefits.
Our commitment is clear:
We won't replicate the harm. We practice what we teach—collective decision-making, trauma-informed approaches, recognizing caregiving as leadership experience, and building workplaces designed for collective wellbeing, not individual endurance.
This work is personal. We've navigated toxic workplaces as Black women and women of color. We've experienced the microaggressions, the tone policing, the exhaustion of being "the only." We've watched brilliant women leave careers they loved because the culture demanded assimilation over authenticity.
Join us.
Who We Serve!
This Work is For:
Organizations ready to do the real work—not performative DEI, but fundamental culture transformation examining power, decision-making, and whose wisdom counts.
Practitioners committed to liberation—HR professionals, coaches, and organizational leaders who know individual interventions aren't enough and want to facilitate systemic change.
Women navigating the Broken Rung—especially Black women, caregivers, disabled women, LGBTQ+ women, and others facing compounded barriers at the manager-to-director transition.
Communities that have been telling us what they need—and are finally ready to be heard.
Our Team
Yodit Mesfin Johnson
Yodit Mesfin Johnson is an accomplished architect of justice-centered approaches to workplace transformation, with over 20 years of executive leadership and systems-change experience. She has co-founded and led organizations that redesign leadership, culture, and operational practices to address burnout, bias, and the structural barriers women face at work. Drawing on learned and lived experience, and deep community trust, Yodit builds scalable models that integrate care, accountability, and shared power. Her work reflects a proven ability to translate vision into practice and to steward partnerships that create healthier, more equitable workplaces where women, and everyone, can thrive.
Mishelle Rodriguez, PhD
Dr. Mishelle Rodriguez is a licensed psychologist with 20 years of experience consulting, and designing programming to address complex challenges within organizations. She has a proven track record of creating and sustaining multi-year initiatives across community, academic, and organizational settings. She designed a mental health support and wellness skills model embedded in intensive training environments that has been delivered over five years, adapted for multiple cohorts, and recognized in a peer-reviewed publication for its innovative approach to supporting wellbeing in high-demand contexts. Trained in advanced trauma modalities and performance psychology, she translates clinical insight into practical strategies for sustainable excellence.