Why I’m Telling You This

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I believe in creativity with context.
In honesty over hype.
In giving credit where it’s due—even to the tools that help shape the work.

That’s why you’ll see the "Brain Powered. AI Enhanced." badge on my site. It means this: I use artificial intelligence to assist and amplify my creative process. Not to replace my voice—but to organize my thoughts, support my goals, and make space for the ideas that otherwise get buried under everyday survival.

I’m not pretending I built this alone. I’m not pretending AI doesn’t come with consequences.
I’m just choosing to create in the open, and I invite you to do the same.

 

How I Use AI

 

As a neurodivergent educator and single mom, my brain rarely works in straight lines. Some days, I have the ideas but not the structure. Other days, I have the spark but not the stamina.

AI helps me turn chaos into clarity.
It lets me test a thought, shape a sentence, or sketch a design without losing the thread.
It helps me work smarter, not harder—without compromising my values.

Everything here is still me—the voice, the choices, the vision.
AI is simply the scaffolding that lets me build higher.

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A Word About the Environment

 

I know AI has a carbon cost. And that matters to me.
But I also know this: I’m not flying a private jet or building a server farm.
I’m a human trying to build something honest and useful with the tools available.

I believe real environmental change means reducing our dependence on fossil fuels, regulating excess, and holding corporate power accountable—not shaming individual creators for using technology to level the playing field.

I will always support responsible innovation.
But I won’t apologize for finally finding something that works for my brain.
Let’s demand better systems, not burn out the people trying to survive within broken ones.

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This Is a Pledge and an Invitation

 

I pledge to use AI ethically.
To be transparent about how and when it’s used.
To question, adapt, and keep learning.
To stay human, always.

If you’re a creator—I invite you to do the same.
Don’t hide your process. Don’t pretend it’s effortless. Don’t gatekeep the tools.

Let’s be transparent. Let’s be curious. Let’s make art, curriculum, and community in a way that’s unapologetically real.

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Stay lit. Stay learning. Stay you.

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—Meridith