I think the hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is the illness and passing of my mother to cancer.

I have a deeper compassion for those living with cancer, as well as their family members. And now when someone tells me that a loved one passed away, I feel it deeply, as though it were my own relative.

Sometimes it takes you longer for you to realize when a person doesn't have the best of intentions or when it is time to let a person go from your life.

I'm very inspired by personal transformation. I'm so inspired when people who have been living with or struggling against significant obstacles break through and reach the other side of that challenge victoriously.

I think the hardest obstacle I've ever had to overcome in my life is the illness and passing of my mother to cancer.

I'm definitely the person for most of my friends that everyone calls, goes to and wants advice from.

I grew up as an only child, and my mother was a single mom. It's always been "us." If it weren't for her nurturing and guiding my artistic talents at a young age, I don't think I'd be a professional actress and performer today.