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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I started Urban Elite Beauty in March 2019 from my pain growing up in

Philadelphia, PA. What I mean by this is growing up in the ’80s was hard for
me because of being a dark skin African American male. I was teased

because my skin complexion was dark and in the black community growing

up in the 80’s being dark skin was not popular! I was teased so bad, I
questioned why God created me with none of the qualities of an Al B Sure or

Shemar Moore! As a result of being teased I developed low self-esteem, low

confidence in myself, depression and I was extremely shy and always walked
with my head down. It wasn’t until I saw dark-skinned celebrities such as

Tyson Beckford and Wesley Snipes is when I felt like I had a little hope! I
enjoyed playing basketball as a youngster and actually became pretty good

at it, to the point where in elementary school I scored 40 points in a game

and led my team to a championship, and in middle school I scored 60 points
in a game and hit several game-winners. I began to realize that people loved

me for my basketball abilities and my skin complexion was never an issue. I
went on to be ALL Public in high School and went on to play basketball in

college. When I was on the court my confidence was high but once I stepped

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