I'm probably the most militant person you'll ever meet and I speak my mind without provocation sometimes.

It is important to learn as much as you can about the person and then throw it all away so that you're not in any way doing some sort of mimicry.

Let's just say that I have a tendency if I am uncomfortable in a situation to speak my mind.

The older you get, you always learn more. Sometimes it's a process of learning about yourself and what your journey is. Sometimes the process moves forward at a rapid pace in a short amount of time - or moves backwards. And you're like, "Man, I thought I had made so much progress, and now all of a sudden, I'm 10 steps further behind than when I started."

There is one thing about knowing history, and another in recreating it.

I'm not trying to be a different weight. I want to be a different body type so that I'm not an apple. I just want to be a pear!

Unfortunately, there's a lack of roles for women of color, so you actually have to be the engineer creating some of those roles.