I wear purposefully ripped opaque tights and cherry red Dr. On weekends, I line my eyes with black winged liner, experimenting with Sharpie pens to make sure it doesn’t smudge. My drives to and from school are scored by The 1975, Halsey, the xx, Lorde, Two Door Cinema Club, Lana Del Rey, the Kooks, Haim, Twenty One Pilots, and the Arctic Monkeys-in other words, bands I found through Tumblr. I hope women continue to take their seat at the table and let people know to cut them their check because we work damn hard.POV: The year is 2014. I hope that our society continues to call out men in positions of power in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and everywhere else that are using their titles and money to manipulate and abuse women. After I rejected him romantically and professionally, he attacked my business acumen, credibility and ability to run my own business while also giving me horrible design/marketing advice(it was really bad). One thing I felt I had to share in this interview was the fact that I have often felt rushed or pushed to do things that didn’t feel right for me or my business.Įarlier this year, a black male entrepreneur tried to strong arm me into giving him equity and control of the business because he thought his degree from Duke and business acumen were more valuable then they actually were. Thanks to Essence for allowing me to share my experience as an entrepreneur, how the Rhode Island School of Design prepared me for my journey and how excited I am to share the first Healthy Roots doll with everyone. I don’t always get interviewed by Essence, but when I do I wear $2 earrings from the hair shop because I’m “boughetto”. Thank you to all of you who initially supported us and our vision of black dolls for young girls. I know I am not as active as I use to be, but it’s because I’ve been working so hard on bringing Healthy Roots Dolls to market. You can learn more at Fun fact: rushed to the store so quickly I forgot to put on underpants. You can order your Zoe doll today at When you go from reading the magazine to being in the magazine □□□✨ I love empowering other young black girls to love and embrace their #blackgirlmagic It is an incredible feeling. Zoe wants to help other girls learn to love their girls. She has gone from teeny weenie afro to big hair, don’t care. Together they learned the ins and outs of natural hair care from the best products to use to how to style it. Her natural hair journey started when her mother helped her big chop. Zoe is an 18 inch doll with big curly hair. We believe that all hair is beautiful hair! Healthy Roots Dolls mission is to ensure that no one feels less than because of the kink of their curl or the color of their skin. Shout out to the OG Healthy Roots squad ❤ I could not have done this without the support of all the people who have worked with me over the past two years. In 2015, RISD and Brown University helped me take my prototype and turn it into a successfully kickstarter funded company. Healthy Roots Dolls was born out of what I saw as a demonstrated need for children’s products that for children of color. With over 600 kickstarter backers, the help of mentors/advisors, an accelerator and an amazing team, I am proud to present our first doll Zoe!Īt I started a journey that I had no idea would take me as far as it has. I founded Healthy Roots Dolls was founded 2 years ago as a college student with a big idea. The Healthy Roots Dolls team would like to share our love and happiness.
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