I live in Brooklyn, New York. It is a melting pot of cultures and people. I walk down the street, and there is art on the buildings and people congregating who have been neighbors for years and events and music and freedom.

We are so hard on ourselves, it is unbelievable sometimes. The things we say to ourselves or think about when we look in the mirror are so cruel. We have to look at the power we do have and use it to overcome that voice of insecurity.

If we can just try every day to be the best versions of ourselves, we are offering to the world the best addition to society.

I am constantly trying to figure things out, and writing and decompressing is a way for me to analyze and try and grow and understand.

Making excuses and not trying because I was scared were my go-to reactions. Nothing was going to change in my life unless I did something about it.

Women come in all shapes and sizes, and we are what we want to be, not the label that is placed on us.

I am only capable of what I allow myself to believe I can do.