Adding billboard to my resume wasn’t on my 2024 bingo card, but GOD. This moment was so important to me because I have been working hard for years in this industry. As a dark skinned black woman, we are an afterthought. Hell, everyday when you look like me can be difficult. For a long long time, I did not love myself. People spent years naming all the reasons I shouldn’t. And at the top of that list always, was the color of my skin. I didn’t want to be looked at. I didn’t want to draw attention to myself because attention meant putting myself in the line of fire. I started my self love journey when no one was looking at me. No one was checking for me and in an odd way, it was freeing. I figured out what I liked, what I wanted, my style, my “look”, and my loves (for the majority), while no one was looking. Then I started my channels and people started to care about what I had to say. Girls that look like me message me on a daily basis about how me having the courage to be unapologetically me, has given them permission to do the same. I went from not wanting to be looked at, to being on FIVE billboards across LA! I am humbled everyday by my community and the opportunities afforded to me. Thank you will never be enough. I love y’all so much 🥂