My Journey
THE DREAM
As a kid, I’d grab whatever fabric I could find and turn it into whatever vision was living in my imagination.
My runway? The staircase in my childhood home. The soundtrack? Whatever early 2000s banger was blasting from the speakers. And just like that ..... a diva was born.
She didn’t need designer labels. Just two scarves, a diaper, and a power pose. Some might’ve called it a hot mess.
I call it fashion.
THE MISSION
Pencil to paper. Needle to thread.I started sewing to reshape clothes that were never made with my body in mind.
From a young age, I realized the fashion world wasn’t built for me. So I learned to adjust in a world that wouldn’t.
I often wondered what true representation would feel like. What it would mean to see someone like me reflected in an industry that loves to choose who gets to be seen. I imagined a world where things were marketed to people like me
Sometimes you adjust just to keep moving.And sometimes, you adjust to become the change for everyone else.
THE WAKE UP CALL
Times Up! Change happens NOW!
The most challenging yet rewarding chapter of my life began in my sophomore year of college. That’s when I was diagnosed with Lupus, an autoimmune disease triggered by stress and emotional neglect.
It forced me to see life differently. Life is too short not to live authentically, loudly, and passionately. If I’m not doing
what I love, what’s the point?
At a time when everything in me wanted to shrink and disappear, I chose the opposite. I stopped hiding. I took risks.
I stepped into myself fully.
Because really, what’s the harm in being exactly who you are?
THE STRENGTH
There's an unspoken power in surviving a disease that
makes your body attack itself.
I speak of it not in shame or a cry for sympathy
but as a badge of honor.
I'm one of the strongest people I know.
I wear my experiences with a smile
And with this power, I strive to help others feel seen and heard. To make a difference so that others show themselves authentically and not feel the need to shrink into preexisting molds.
Fashion gives me strength. It gives me a voice. And with that voice, I choose to speak up for more than just myself.
