Paulette Fair is an Indianapolis community leader whose influence continues to grow, and I am grateful for the impact she has had on me. Paulette Fair is a co-founder of the Kheprw Institute (KI). She has a passion for empowering black youth to succeed academically and gain valuable life skills that will serve them and their community into adulthood. In the summer of 2003, Paulette, Imhotep Adisa and Pambana Uishi founded Kheprw Institute, and since then she has served as KI's program director and overseen its growth, to serve a broad group of youth and community who work to improve themselves and change the world. In this conversation, we discuss how Paulette’s view of leadership and community were shaped by her upbringing, and what inspires her every day to empower and develop young people.