For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros. - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I choose these words as my guide. As a woman of color in this industry these words resonate with me even more deeply. I have always been a story teller. I am a dreamer at heart. The power of stories to inform, to lift, to warn and to transform is unquestionable; but who will tell our stories? Those stories either dreamed, fabricated or lived that are hidden or forgotten or even most simply but also most dangerously considered, unimportant…
I will.