Reigning on the court with her pivotal moves, the Aces star and two-time WNBA champion A’ja Wilson again turns heads with her latest achievement—this time off the court. Besides always being a dominant force on the court, she has also been a vocal advocate for social justice, education around dyslexia, anti-bullying, and black women’s recognition in the States.

In her new memoir titled ‘Dear Black Girls: How to Be True to You’, Wilson has shared stories and lessons from her life to remind readers to never doubt who they are or never to apologize for being true to themselves.

A’ja Wilson’s new milestone

With the release of her new book, A’ja is feeling overwhelmed. In the WNBA star’s recent Instagram stories, the Aces champ shared how special the moment has been for her, “Like why, like this is amazing, this feeling is just amazing to know that people love me of course, obviously who wouldn’t, but like I wouldn’t be who I am without you guys.”

Levitated by her fans’ unwavering support and understanding of her writing the book, Wilson describes her thoughts as she puts them, “Just to know that people care and people feel what I am feeling, know that I am human, um to understand that I have my highs and my lows and my betweens, and we all do and we all healing every single day. So, to know that you guys took time off your day, come by and celebrate with me.”

Being dyslexic herself, A’ja has always been very open about her hardships with it and the learning disability that affects reading comprehension. Using her platform as an athlete, she has always been a vocal advocate for education around dyslexia, raising awareness about this condition to help others facing similar challenges.

Wilson thanked the audience with a beautiful message, “Um it is truly amazing and I always say like the championships and the banners and the rings they hit e later, they hit me like I am still trying to live that, but this, this hits me now, it hits me in my soul and I love this feeling, it makes my heart so happy. So, thank you, thank you all for coming out.” 

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In the book, she shares a deeply personal collection of stories from her experiences as a young girl growing up in South Carolina and how she navigated the world of professional basketball as a Black woman. As a woman having dyslexia, A’ja has remarkably made efforts and outgrown herself from this condition.

Wilson beating the odds

Being open about her condition from a very young age, many doors opened for A’ja that offered a way to get better. During her time at South Carolina University, she made adjustments to learn at her own pace. Moreover, Coach Dawn Staley, while encouraging her progress off the court, she also used to task Wilson with reading passages from scripture in the locker room before each game to boost her confidence a bit more.

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Taking things to the next level, A’ja used her experiences to provide support to others through public speaking and writing.