“I remember the first time I experienced racism. I was about six years old and the word “racism” wasn’t even a part of my vocabulary yet.”
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“Growing up, I’ve always had this pressure and guilt—as the eldest and First-Generation born—I felt it was my responsibility to find solutions to issues at home. “
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“Noticing how I was dragging myself to go to classes, how frustrated I was to see all my classmates booking jobs and signing with agents while I was going nowhere. A place that was a happy place for me was no longer the same.”
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“And as a child growing into her teen years, at the heart of when you are trying to figure out who you are, having such a big authority like my parents telling me that I’m not good enough, I believed them.”
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