“My family has always had Cape Verdean pride but I don’t think it was something the kids in the family necessarily understood.”

I think the world should be represented on television and for the longest its been limited.

I don’t admire how much a person has, I admire what a person does with what they have and I think that defines you most.

However, I do appreciate people that are individualistic, mainly because I’m an impressionable soul and my friends become my big sisters and brothers in a way.

Given that this was all at a tender age, I imagine I was very impressionable.

It’s always funny to me when people meet me. They really think I’m from the East coast off top. When they get to talkin’ to me, they go “Oh no, she’s sooooo Southern”

People want everything quick and now. We live in the age of social media and hyper digital.

My friends are me and in essence better than me, they help me be better even when they don’t know it.

I get a kick out of making a strangers day.

I refuse to accept the idea that money is evil. People make things evil and negative.

All music now is influenced by Hip Hop. It’s so deeply ingrained in the culture.

All of my close friends have been in my life for years. My best friends are all people I met in grade school, going back as far as 3rd grade.

I’m pretty grounded in a lifestyle which disciplines me and gives me a sense of familiarity and comfort.

I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and seasonally lived in New Orleans and Boston.

There’s very few shows that truly reflect specific ethnic experiences, and when they come and come right, they’re a hit.

I have a unique ability to mock everything. I’m a sponge by nature, thats what my environment made me.

I’m reminded everyday that I was born to do great things, I believe that and when it’s my time I shall.

I’m one-hundred-fifty miles off Cape Horn, both autopilots are broken, and my boat is drifting toward one of the nastiest chunks of ocean on the face of the earth.