In many ways, my decision to come out changed the course not only of my personal life but of my professional one as well.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In my life, I have made the occasional catastrophic choice, and it's just a case of moving on and learning from it.
It changed my life in a lot of ways - before I got that role I was just going from job to job, not really having enough money to be able to do what I wanted to do.
Changing course is never easy.
I could have easily gone down the wrong path and dropped out of school, but I was given a second chance.
I fell through the holes in the educational system. But education is still a way to change a life.
Education has fundamentally changed my life. It's perhaps the mission of my life. I'm wed to it in a very powerful and personal way. And I chose the pathway that I believe could make me the most significant on changing the outcomes that we see now in North Carolina.
Each of my career decisions has been very much about doing what I wanted to achieve in the role and then finding another challenge.
I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.
When I was starting out, I followed along the path that seemed to be marked out for me - from high school to college to law school to professional life.
I accepted a change in my life. I didn't choose that change and those are the best changes to make.