When I was born, my mother told me that the doctor who delivered me had to slap my bottom a few times before I let out that much-anticipated cry. It's hard to imagine myself as that baby, who once didn't know how to speak up and let the world know she'd arrived. Fast-forward to the woman I've become and you'll find that things have changed.
I am a Goddess. I make no excuses for that. I just am. I wasn’t always able to declare that so passionately and freely, but life has given me opportunities (some good and some bad) to let my inner Goddess out. You wanna know how I did it? Well, I’ll tell you.
I became a Goddess by failing at a lot of things. I failed in school. I failed as a girlfriend. I failed as a daughter. I failed as a woman. I failed as a leader. I failed as an entrepreneur. You name it and I’ve probably failed at it. But where my becoming a Goddess came about is that I kept right on trying in spite of my failures. I learned and continue to learn, through trial and error, that the beauty is in the journey. Goddesses are not born—they are made. They are made up of triumphs and failures, wrong steps and right action, sugar and spice and everything nice. A Goddess is created from life experience. And who doesn’t have a lot of that?
It is not my style to try to impress with a list of my accomplishments over the years. I prefer to let my actions speak for me. But this is "My Story" so a little background is necessary. I’ll start by saying that all of the successes that I’ve had thus far in life are a direct result of my accepting and allowing the Goddess in me to soar. It’s as simple as that.
I am from the Bronx. I am the eldest of a combined family of seven. I am the first African-American woman to be signed to an exclusive cosmetic campaign with Maybelline. I am a spokesperson and board member for the Lupus Foundation of America. I am the legal guardian and caretaker for my sister Shneequa, who has a severe case of lupus. I am happily married to a wonderful man. I have been in a few movies (“Head Over Heels” and “Monster-In-Law”). I love to dance. I am passionate about women reaching their full potential. I love to read. I am constantly discovering more things to love about myself.
I believe that all women possess so many wonderful attributes and don’t always know how to show them. I’m here to act as an inspiration and a guide for you to do just that.