For the length of my professional training fellowship, I worked with a new Michigan-based Latina/o advocacy nonprofit called Latinx1 Leaders for the Enhancement of Advocacy and Development (LLEAD). From August to December of 2017, I worked directly with the president, the state board, and Lansing chapter board members, as well as with many rank-and-file members and non-members. As a new organization, LLEAD has many competing priorities, including obtaining 501(c)3 status, expanding its number of local chapters, and carrying out strategic planning. It quickly became clear, though, that my graduate study skills of critical thinking and project development and my research background in Latinx studies and gender and sexuality could be best used for one specific project.