Educational Aide and After School Teacher at Berkeley Maynard Academy in Oakland, Hip Hop Education Resources, Hip Hop Congress Board of Directors, Aspiring Piano Player

Music, Piano, and Hip Hop are my life; being healthy - doing yoga and running, eating well, taking care of myself; the ocean; window-shopping in music and book stores; taking walks anywhere, especially on the beach or under the moon; working with young people

Hip Hop (all kinds - prefer not to label it), Jazz, Soul, Reggae, Dancehall, Classical, Celtic

Slam, Girl Fight, the original Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Favela Rising, Love Actually, Pride and Prejudice

don't watch it much, but I like cartoons and college basketball

Bless Me Ultima, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Assata, Alan Paton's autobiography, Summer of the Monkeys, Makes Me Wanna Holler

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.

It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, 'Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?' Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
- Marianne Williamson