“Wake up determined, go to bed satisfied.”

— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Find out who you are and be that person. That’s what your soul was put on this earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth, and everything else will come.”

— Ellen DeGeneres

“We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.”

— Joseph Campbell

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

— Maya Angelou

“If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams and you will always look lovely.”

— Roald Dahl

“I care about decency and humanity and kindness. Kindness today is an act of rebellion.”

— Pink

“All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.”

— Earl Nightingale

I am the Owner and Operator of Just E Productions; Founder and Director of Curatorial and Program Development for Divinemoira Studio; the Visual Arts Ambassador for The Angel Band Project; and an advocacy speaker and content writer on behalf of NAMI. In conjunction with the UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women (UN terms 2013-2021) Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka’s and UN Women Civil Society Advisory Groups’ 16 Days of Activism, I created and manage the Still I Rise Campaign.

“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!”

— Anne Frank

“Learning how to be still, to really be still and let life happen—that stillness becomes a radiance.”

— Morgan Freeman

“In a gentle way, you can shake the world.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

“Silence is the last thing the world will ever hear from me.”

— Marlee Matlin

“Weaknesses are just strengths in the wrong environment.”

— Marianne Cantwell

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”– Theodore Roosevelt

“Not having the best situation, but seeing the best in your situation is the key to happiness.”— Marie Forleo

“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.”— Aristotle