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Kenya

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About Me

I am a professional creative, lovable goofball, and part-time femme fatale. Fashion, is but one of my passions. Committed to infusing uptown chic with down home flavor, I’ve filled my portfolio with accomplishments in the areas of writing, graphic design, concept development and fashion illustration. My personal aesthetic for apparel includes wash-ability, wear-ability, and compatibility with modern taste levels. A native of the Sunshine State and, lifelong Gator fan, I’ve been employed on both coasts. Having lent my talents to Development, American Apparel, Marc Ecko (Cut and Sew), and Dress For Success, I now wish to establish and maintain a high level of creative autonomy. I appreciate constructive feedback, and plan to edit this page in keeping with my evolving skills.

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My Interests

I'm a southern woman, so grandma taught me how to cook. I'm a smart woman, and momma taught/encouraged me to read. I'm an articulate woman, daddy told me to speak my mind. The rest: (movies, visual/performance art, travel, music, cultural events, photography, writing, communicating, and being at the right place at the right time for a "New York Moment"), I picked up on my own.

I'd like to meet:

I’d like to meet individuals that want to share their creativity with the world. I also want to meet people with budgets that can pay for my creativity (In the words of Melvin Van Peebles: “Don’t play us cheap!”). I have high-minded objectives, which will one day benefit my community, but in the meantime (and for the sake of achieving these high-minded goals); I am on a serious paper chase. Note: Please send a message along with your friend request…pictures are worth a thousand words, but words let me know where you’re coming from.

Music:

I'll break it down like the ABC's:Aretha Franklin, Areosmith, Biggie, Black Star, Brazilian Girls, Bjork, Betty Wright, Bill Withers and the Beatles, Coltrane, Curtis Mayfield, Common, Caktuz Tree..?, Carol King, Donny Hathaway, David Eno, DMX, Dee-Lite, DeBarge, and Dr. Dre, Ella, Esquivel, and Estelle, Fiona Apple, Faith Evans, Funkadelic, Gill Scott Heron, Gyspsy Kings, George Micheal, and Ghostface Killa, Hall&Oates, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Issac Hayes, Incubus, Jodeci, Jamiroqui, Jill Scott, Jay-Z, and John Ledgend, Kenna, Kraftwerk, Kelis, Lil' John, Loose Ends, Le Tigre, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Mary J. Blige, Mariah Carey, Marvin Gaye, Mos Def, and Michelle Ndegeochello, Nina Simone, Nas, Outkast, Oscar Peterson, and Otis Redding, Phil Collins, Prince, Postal Service, Pink Floyd, Queen, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Roy Ayers, Rodger, Stuff Smith,Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, and Shalamar, Thelonius Monk, Tweet,The Police, Thievery Corporation, Usher, Van Hunt, Wu-Tang, (I can't think of an artist/group that I like for "X" or Y"") Zapp and Zap Mama

Heroes:

My grandmother Nadine: She was a domestic for most of her life and barely a grammar school graduate, but her integrity and sense of style continues to inspire me.