By Sylvia A. Harvey, Photo: Lance Yamamoto, The Imprint, January 3, 2022
Each morning, Ali Knight rises around 6 a.m. The rest of his “table for four,” — his wife, Van, and two children ages 2 and 6 — are asleep. For 30 minutes, he moves about the quietness. When they wake up, the next hour belongs to them. He aims to have his kids clothed, fed and dropped off at school and day care within 45 minutes. If he’s not mentally preparing for calls, the 44-year-old Alameda resident might sing along to the soulfully impassioned sounds of SiR on his commute to work.
Knight strives to be a model that is also a mirror, not just as a parent and partner, but as a leader.
Like too many marginalized youth today, he grew up with no financial assets, no safety net and few family members he could fall back on. So he understands how critical it is for kids to have support.
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