I am a daughter, a sister, a wife and a mother. I am a friend of women and I am their advocate.

My weight fluctuated when I was 30, and I did the unthinkable - I stepped out as a plus-sized model.

Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young women's lives for the 2 decades I spent in the modeling industry was downright sobering.

My parents were both from the East and had moved to San Francisco only so my father could go to law school there.

My own path towards wellness has been a long and dynamic one. It's taught me that healing from the inside out takes time and there can be great value in various sources of guidance.

Being born and raised as a Californian, I somewhat ignorantly had taken for granted the diversity and liberal mindset that shaped my childhood and adult life.

Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.