I have literally NEVER fit in a box. I was the nerdy, creative kid born in the inner city whose love of books stood out like a sore thumb. I was the “prep school negro” who was liked by everyone but herself in my PWI boarding school. I was the talented performing artist who wouldn’t choose between her love of the arts and her love of “traditional academics” in college.

I was the daredevil bit by the travel bug at an early age who last minute decided to apply for a Fulbright research grant, GOT IT despite the odds stacked against her and lived abroad in a Spanish-speaking country far away from family as her first adulting experience.

And, now I’m the thriving startup employee who stretches the realm of possibility juggling her passions as a business owner and performing artist.