My dad in Hawaii.

Map of the West Virginia area my family is from - the arrow points to Jenkinjones.

Baby me -- Eight months old

Me and my cousin Charles in Paterson, New Jersey

Me and one of my White dolls.

Me on the railroad tracks in West Virginia - Age 3

Me at a holiday ballet recital

Me age 5 - Taken in the photo booth at Woolworth's in downtown Paterson, NJ.

My first Afro - 2nd Grade

Me - Sitting on the porch steps in West Virginia - Age 6

School #6 - Paterson, New Jersey - My alma mater!

My 7th Grade portrait - When Miss Simms was my hairdresser.

Me and my first boyfriend - Inner Harbor

Me at Sophomore Day performing at the assembly

Me - Junior prom

Me and my mom - I was in 10th grade

Senior picture - Age 18 - The Hair Cuttery period

My Senior Portrait - 12th Grade

Me - 12th grade class trip to Florida - age 17

Me- Age 19

Me and baby Jasmine - Washington Square Park, NYC

Me -- The first haircut

Me - The first haircut

A few years into my first natural.

Dad's grave

Me at my dad's grave

Me - Present day

Me - Present day

Me - Conjuring things

One of my dad's paintings

One of my dad's paintings

Dorothy Williams - My ballet instructor