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When did you realize you had a career as an Influencer, Artist and
Actress?

You see, I never realized that. I just did it for a hobby and wanted to see where it
would take me, but I didn’t take it seriously at all. So many people would tell my
mom that I need to be out there and have a gift. I never really took that in until I

got older and started wanting to do it more, and then I was like, okay maybe I
need to take this serious, so I did. The minute I kept going to auditions everyday,

I didn’t want to stop, and that’s when I realized that maybe I have more to offer.

What were the biggest challenges you have faced, and how
did you overcome them?

The biggest challenges I had to face were struggling at a young age and seeing
my mom as a single mother, working three jobs, trying to put a roof over our
head and food on the table. She would always spend her last dime on all the

auditions she would take me to, and scrape through all the change in our house
to take the bus or train. She gave up her dreams for my dreams to come true.

There’s days we would go to hotels to motels or sleep in parks, and use our
clothes as our blankets. I had to grow up at a young age. Every time I wouldn’t
get a role, I would get so mad at myself because I wanted that money to help my

mom so I wouldn’t have to see her struggle anymore. I honestly can say though
that I’m grateful for whatever struggles I endured because they taught me how

to love and be kind to others. You truly don’t know anyone’s story. It taught me
to be thankful for everything that I have and the people in my life. It taught me
how to be a strong woman in a crazy world. My mom never made it seem like we

never had, she always turned bad into a fairytale because at the end of the day I
knew I had her, so I overcame these obstacles and hardships in my life knowing

that I’m good and will make it having a positive mindset and only seeing this
struggle as a challenge that I will overcome.

What piece of advice do you wish someone had given you at the

start of your career?
The piece of advice I wish someone told me in getting into the industry is to stop
being so hard on yourself, what’s meant to be will be. Patience is the key. I use to

be so hard on myself and till this day, when I didn’t get a role, I felt like I let down
so many people who believed in me, but most of all myself. I wish someone told

me that it’s going to be okay and there’s a reason everything happens, before I
doubted myself. But life’s a lesson and I’m grateful for whatever is meant to be.