{"id":133,"date":"2026-11-11T20:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T02:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imanzenoria.com\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2026-11-11T21:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T03:12:31","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imanzenoria.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n@import url(\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=DM+Sans:wght@400;500;600;700&family=Libre+Caslon+Display&family=IBM+Plex+Mono:wght@400;500&display=swap\");\nbody.page-id-133:has(.iz-home) {background:#fff8ef!important} body.page-id-133:has(.iz-home) :is(#masthead, .site-footer, #colophon, .post-title, .entry-header, .page-title) {display:none!important} body.page-id-133:has(.iz-home) :is(#content,#content > .container,#content > .container > .row,#content > .container > .row > div,article.post-133,article.post-133 .post-content,article.post-133 .az-page-inner,article.post-133 .entry-content){width:100%!important;max-width:none!important;padding:0!important;margin:0!important;border:0!important;background:transparent!important;float:none!important} .iz-home{display:flow-root} .iz-home :is(h1,h2,h3,p){text-transform:none} .iz-home h1{color:var(--ink)} .iz-home a{text-decoration:none}\n@scope (.iz-home) {\n:scope { --paper: #f5f1e8; 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gap: 15px; }\n  .hero-bottom > div { max-width: 80%; }\n  .hero-bottom p { font-size: 13px; }\n  .primary-link { gap: 25px; }\n  .rooms { padding: 60px 6%; }\n  .rooms h2 { font-size: 44px; }\n  .room-grid { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }\n  .room { padding: 26px 22px; gap: 20px; }\n  .room h3 { font-size: 32px; }\n  .section-top { gap: 20px; }\n  .section-top > span { max-width: 150px; }\n  .life-rooms { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }\n  .life-rooms article { padding: 60px 6%; }\n  .manifesto-note { margin: 10px 0px; }\n  .manifesto-note p { font-size: 38px !important; }\n  .about { gap: 20px; }\n  .becoming { gap: 35px; }\n  .thinking h2 { font-size: 30px; }\n}\nh1 { font-size: clamp(72px, 8.8vw, 150px); }\n@media (max-width: 800px) {\n  h1 { font-size: clamp(60px, 12vw, 96px); }\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"iz-home\"><a class=\"skip\" href=\"#main\">Skip to content<\/a>\n<header><a class=\"logo\" href=\"#\">imanzenoria<span>.<\/span><\/a><nav aria-label=\"Main navigation\"><a href=\"#writing\">Notes<\/a><a href=\"#about\">About<\/a><a href=\"#work\">The Soft Boss<\/a><\/nav><a class=\"contact\" href=\"#connect\">Let\u2019s connect <span>\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/header>\n<main id=\"main\">\n<section class=\"hero\"><div class=\"eyebrow\"><span class=\"dot\"><\/span> WRITER. ORATOR. MOTHER. LEADER. STILL BECOMING.<\/div><h1>I build systems.<br>And stories.<br><i>And sometimes,<br>myself.<\/i><\/h1><div class=\"hero-bottom\"><div><p class=\"hero-intro\">I\u2019m Iman Zenoria. A leader, problem solver,<br>writer, and orator based in Memphis.<\/p><p>This is where my work, my words, and the person I\u2019m becoming meet. Welcome to my little corner of the internet.<\/p><a class=\"primary-link\" href=\"#writing\">Read the Notes <span>\u2197<\/span><\/a><\/div><a class=\"round-link\" href=\"#rooms\"><span>Explore my corner<br>of the internet<\/span><b>\u2193<\/b><\/a><\/div><div class=\"margin-note\">The middle is the life.<span>IMAN ZENORIA \/ MEMPHIS<\/span><\/div><\/section>\n<div class=\"ticker\" aria-hidden=\"true\">PEOPLE &amp; PROCESS <span>\u2733<\/span> WORDS &amp; IDEAS <span>\u2733<\/span> LIFE IN PROGRESS <span>\u2733<\/span><\/div>\n<section id=\"rooms\" class=\"rooms\"><div class=\"section-top\"><p class=\"label\">01 \/ FIND YOUR WAY IN<\/p><span>Four rooms. One woman. A whole life.<\/span><\/div><h2>A few things<br><i>I keep coming back to.<\/i><\/h2><div class=\"room-grid\">\n<a class=\"room berry\" href=\"#becoming\"><span class=\"room-number\">01<\/span><div><h3>Becoming Her<\/h3><p>Identity, confidence, creativity, and learning who you are beyond what everyone needs from you.<\/p><span class=\"room-question\">Who am I when I stop being useful? \u2197<\/span><\/div><\/a>\n<a class=\"room coral\" href=\"#mothering\"><span class=\"room-number\">02<\/span><div><h3>Mothering While Becoming<\/h3><p>Raising a child, practicing repair, and keeping the woman in the picture. Both of us are growing.<\/p><span class=\"room-question\">A mother. And still myself. \u2197<\/span><\/div><\/a>\n<a class=\"room teal\" href=\"#work\"><span class=\"room-number\">03<\/span><div><h3>The Soft Boss<\/h3><p>Clear expectations. Difficult conversations. Authority that leaves room for humanity.<\/p><span class=\"room-question\">Soft does not mean small. \u2197<\/span><\/div><\/a>\n<a class=\"room lilac\" href=\"#after\"><span class=\"room-number\">04<\/span><div><h3>Life After the Before<\/h3><p>Grief, love, memory, and the life we still get to create after everything changes.<\/p><span class=\"room-question\">There is still life here. \u2197<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"about\" class=\"about\"><p class=\"label\">02 \/ A NOTE FROM ME<\/p><div><h2>One person.<br><i>Several open tabs.<\/i><\/h2><p class=\"large\">My career lives in operations.<br>My curiosity lives pretty much everywhere else.<\/p><p>I\u2019ve grown from the ground up in multifamily property management into operational leadership. I care about how things work, how people grow, and what happens when we make room to change.<\/p><p>Outside of the spreadsheets, I write. About leadership. Work. Becoming. Family. Identity. Grief. The strange experience of being a person with several tabs permanently open in her brain. And sometimes, I just make things up.<\/p><p>I\u2019m a writer, an orator, a mother, a Black woman, and a person still figuring some things out. All of that comes with me.<\/p><p>If something here helps you put a feeling into words, handle a hard conversation, or feel a little more like yourself, I\u2019m glad you found it.<\/p><p class=\"signature\">Welcome to my little corner of the internet.<br>\u2014 Iman<\/p><\/div><aside class=\"note\"><span>A NOTE TO KEEP<\/span><p>You can be good at building things and still be figuring yourself out.<\/p><small>Both can be true.<\/small><svg viewBox=\"0 0 140 60\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M4 32 Q45 0 90 29 T133 19 M112 12 L134 19 119 36\"><\/path><\/svg><\/aside><\/section>\n<section id=\"writing\" class=\"writing\"><div class=\"section-top\"><p class=\"label\">03 \/ NOTES FROM THE MIDDLE<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/imanzenoria.com\/\">Visit the writing archive \u2197<\/a><\/div><h2>Some things belong<br><i>in a story.<\/i><\/h2><p class=\"writing-intro\">On becoming, work, love, and being human. And sometimes, a little fiction.<\/p><div class=\"writing-grid\"><a class=\"feature\" href=\"https:\/\/imanzenoria.com\/?p=105\"><div class=\"book-art\"><span>SELECTED FICTION \/ IMAN ZENORIA<\/span><div>Ghosts<br><i>Leave<\/i><br>Tracks<span class=\"track\">\u3030<\/span><\/div><small>A SHORT STORY<\/small><\/div><div class=\"article-meta\">FICTION \u00b7 CONTEMPORARY DRAMA \/ ROMANCE<\/div><h3>Ghosts Leave Tracks <span>\u2197<\/span><\/h3><p>Trauma, devotion, boundaries, and what we carry into the lives we\u2019re trying to build.<\/p><\/a><div class=\"essay-list\"><p class=\"label\">FROM THE ARCHIVE<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/imanzenoria.com\/?p=147\"><small>FICTION \u00b7 BLACK STEM ROMANCE<\/small><h3>Reach for the Stars <span>\u2197<\/span><\/h3><span class=\"read\">Read the story<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/imanzenoria.com\/?p=81\" data-find=\"Feeling Free: A Journey to Resilience\"><small>LIFE &amp; BECOMING<\/small><h3>Feeling Free: A Journey to Resilience <span>\u2197<\/span><\/h3><span class=\"read\">Read the essay<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/imanzenoria.com\/?p=69\" data-find=\"The Power of Branding\"><small>BRANDING &amp; IDEAS<\/small><h3>The Power of Branding <span>\u2197<\/span><\/h3><span class=\"read\">Read the essay<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/imanzenoria.com\/?p=79\" data-find=\"Navigating the Unknown\"><small>LIFE &amp; BECOMING<\/small><h3>Navigating the Unknown <span>\u2197<\/span><\/h3><span class=\"read\">Read the essay<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section id=\"work\" class=\"work\"><div class=\"section-top\"><p class=\"label\">04 \/ THE SOFT BOSS<\/p><span>Soft outside. Strategic inside.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"work-grid\"><h2>Making the<br>complicated<br><i>work better.<\/i><\/h2><div><p class=\"large\">People. Process. Performance.<\/p><p>I lead teams and portfolios through the messy middle: bringing clarity to operations, building useful systems, and helping people do their best work. I\u2019m interested in how we do that with clear expectations, a little empathy, and less unnecessary chaos.<\/p><details><summary>Language for difficult conversations <span>+<\/span><\/summary><p>\u201cI want to understand what\u2019s getting in the way. The expectation still stands. Let\u2019s be clear about what happens next and what support you need.\u201d<\/p><p>Care, clarity, and accountability belong in the same conversation.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Systems that leave room for people <span>+<\/span><\/summary><p>A useful system makes the next step clear, gives responsibility a home, and lets people ask for help before a problem becomes a crisis.<\/p><\/details><details><summary>Growing into your own authority <span>+<\/span><\/summary><p>You can be learning and still be capable. You can listen carefully, make a decision, and stand behind it without borrowing someone else\u2019s hardness.<\/p><\/details><a class=\"text-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/imanzenoria\/\">Connect about the work \u2197<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"life-rooms\"><article id=\"mothering\"><p class=\"label\">MOTHERING WHILE BECOMING<\/p><h2>Both of us<br><i>are growing.<\/i><\/h2><p>There\u2019s the mother I want to be. And then there\u2019s the woman I am at the end of a very long day. I\u2019m interested in the space between them: the repair, the boundaries, the laughter, and the room to be human.<\/p><p class=\"personal-question\">What would it look like to care for yourself as part of caring for your family?<\/p><\/article><article id=\"after\"><p class=\"label\">LIFE AFTER THE BEFORE<\/p><h2>Changed.<br><i>Still here.<\/i><\/h2><p>Some things divide a life into before and after. I don\u2019t believe every loss needs a lesson attached. Sometimes we need words for what remains, room for what hurts, and permission to have a good day.<\/p><p class=\"personal-question\">You can honor what happened and still have a future.<\/p><\/article><\/section>\n<section id=\"becoming\" class=\"becoming\"><div><p class=\"label\">BECOMING HER \/ THE THREAD THROUGH IT ALL<\/p><h2>Still figuring<br><i>a few things out.<\/i><\/h2><p>There\u2019s a thread running through the work and the writing: how we build a life that feels like our own.<\/p><p>I don\u2019t have a finished version of myself to introduce you to. I have stories, questions, things I\u2019ve learned the hard way, and a few systems that actually help. That feels like a place to start.<\/p><p>I hope it makes a little room for you to be a whole person, too. The middle is the life.<\/p><a class=\"text-link\" href=\"#writing\">Start with a story \u2197<\/a><\/div><div class=\"manifesto-note\"><span>WORDS TO LIVE INSIDE<\/span><p>I have lived enough<br>to have something<br>to say.<br><i>I am still living<br>enough to have<br>something to learn.<\/i><\/p><small>IMAN ZENORIA.<\/small><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"thinking\"><p class=\"label\">CURRENTLY THINKING ABOUT<\/p><h2>\u201cHow do you build accountability<br>without building a culture of fear?\u201d<\/h2><p>You know. Light stuff.<\/p><\/section>\n<footer id=\"connect\"><p class=\"label\">LET\u2019S MAKE A CONNECTION<\/p><a class=\"footer-heading\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/imanzenoria\/\">Good things start<br>with <i>a conversation.<\/i> \u2197<\/a><div class=\"footer-bottom\"><a class=\"logo\" href=\"#\">imanzenoria.<\/a><p>Memphis, Tennessee \u00b7 The middle is the life.<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/imanzenoria\/\">LinkedIn \u2197<\/a><a href=\"#\">Back to top \u2191<\/a><\/div><\/footer><\/main><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Skip to content imanzenoria. NotesAboutThe Soft Boss Let\u2019s connect \u2197 WRITER. ORATOR. MOTHER. LEADER. STILL BECOMING. I build systems.And stories.And sometimes,myself. I\u2019m Iman Zenoria. A leader, problem solver,writer, and orator based in Memphis. This is where my work, my words, and the person I\u2019m becoming meet. Welcome to my little corner of the internet. 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