As I look back on 2025, I’m reminded that this work is never just about metrics, projects, or deliverables. It ’s about people, the real people who are trying to create healing in systems that were never designed with their needs in mind. Every training session, every consulting call, every policy update, every late-night writing session, and every conversation with a provider or family member reinforced a simple truth:  there is still so much work to do, but there is also so much hope. This...