Growing up between her Upper East Side all-girls school and Brooklyn apartment with her mom, she describes the beginning of her inspiration coming from somewhat of a double life. “I was wearing a uniform every day; I was going through that period of time where you’re a young black girl and you feel kind of stifled; you don't fit in. On the other side, I grew up in Brooklyn. I grew up in a lot of really creative spaces. I kind of always had this understanding that people who look like me, talk like me, and act like me can have professions in creative industries.”
One of her first major roles was at the Gen Z run publication, Our Era Magazine, “which is a big thing because we were all like five,” she jokes. It was here that she began to legitimize herself through high-responsibility projects while working with companies like Instagram and Steve Madden. Being present in these environments gave her the confidence to understand how to run her own set and curate a professionalism that carried her into artistic independence.