I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.

My purpose is far greater than my pain

I'm willing to do whatever I need to do to change.

I came out even with all the struggles I endured on Rikers Island.

I'm not at every party; I'm not seen everywhere. That's why people still care about my brand.

I've never stabbed, hurt, killed, stolen, anything, but I went to jail for a year. What is that? My pastor said to me the fact that I'm not living under a bridge as a crazy woman, talking to myself, is amazing.

All my friends were in the park smoking weed and getting pregnant. I didn't want to be the young black girl having a baby, a baby's father, being on welfare. That wasn't going to be my story.