“Most people have no idea what Cabo Verde is or even where it is to mention, so I definitely want to make people aware of this beautiful culture.”

I come from a huge family and out of all 34 of my immediate family members, my heavier influences were women. Between my grandmothers, aunts, older female cousins, and of course my mother,

Social media is driving the culture, it drives peoples minds literally.

I always say that you are who you are and you can’t hide it.

If you can make it through the age of social media and come out with the same friends and lover, kudos!

Ethnic stories specifically need variety in content period.

The difference lies in the intention behind wanting money. Your reasons for why you want to create more money is typically why you’re ambitious to get it. You’re either genuinely ambitious or selfishly hungry.

Super-stardom doesn’t scare or excite me. It’s just another ingredient added to my world.

I’ve had friends get mad at me for not posting what they think I should post on Instagram on behalf of them or our relation.

I didn’t truly understand the depth of my roots until I was old enough to wonder and care.

Everyone has a different route to success, recognition, and peace. Don’t be afraid to move instinctually.

I admire many women that have come before me, heavy influencers such as Oprah, such as Beyoncé, and I’m witnessing the fruit of their work and experiencing their legacy now and they’re not even close to the finish line.

Even if it’s something so simple as filling myself up with uplifting meditation so it’s easier to spread kindness and love by the time I walk out my door and enter the world.

If your not broadcasting how much you love your boyfriend or husband via social media, problems occur in the home and I really think this is happening more than we acknowledge.

I acknowledge that we are all human and are on a journey. We are not born perfect, mistakes are inevitable.

Life would continue to exist and grow. Cause and effect still exist even where there is no time.

If you’re not broadcasting what people feel is their truth as it relates to you, well that becomes a problem.

You are not a body. You have a body. You are a soul.

A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what’s going on.

Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.

I think the best thing I can hope to achieve is to educate, or make aware, as many people as possible on how the little things they do every day really do affect our environment.

How aware were photographers in the past of other visual arts? No photographer of any distinction at all could approach his work without some awareness of what was going on in other visual media

The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.

I don’t recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.

It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.