There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.

Okay, well, if motion is the constant, how can I remain in motion?

When I look at what I'm doing today, I see [the] roots in my college life. I was the online editor of my college paper and an active member of the Harvard Computer Society. I abandoned a summer internship at the Washington Post due to injury and instead did theatre. I found my comedic voice through satirical newsletters in college.

There are so many ways to be and to be black at the same time, but we're finally seeing that full range expressed much more widely than before.

New York has been the best gift, in that the city pushes me to so many next levels.

By the time I got to Harvard, I feel like I knew who I was, and my job there was to throw as much against the wall as possible, to see what would stick.

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