Yaya

Shapeshifter.
Speaker.
Birthworker.
Wayshower.

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Be You. Love You. Do Your Dharma.
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I was raised to celebrate Black Heritage every day of every month of every year (I think my science fair project in school was Black Inventors … twice! 🤣)
But I must say! Y’all showed UP & OUT this February!
So much joy, so much beauty, so much educa...

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Ancestral Veneration IS Self Love.

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Black Heritage Salutations from The Nile River!
When celebrating- this month and every month- look, too, beyond the colonial lense.
Look to beauty.
Look to abundance.
Look within to remember.
Look deeper to reimagine.
Look forward to create…
The Worl...

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Happy Solar Return, 🥳
Thank you for being my muse!
And thank you for trusting me to be your mirror and guide for your first wrap ever! 🥹
I’m wishing you Love, joy, peace, and boundless blessings in this new year of The Gift (life)!!!
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Happy Spring Equinox, Blessed Nowruz & Big up Aries Season!
These song lyrics say: “Deixa florescer essa rosa,” which in Portuguese means, “Let that rose bloom”.

Roses vibrate at one of the highest frequencies on Earth.
May we be guided by their exa...

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Thank you so much for having me, for your thoughtful questions and for the brilliant work you do. 🙏🏾

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Floating into the next chapter of My Life like…
🪷☀️🪷 Blessed Spring Solstice! 🪷☀️🪷

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There’s something so seductive about standing in a room full of dreams realized…
It’s the rhythm of my own wild dreams, seducing me onto the dance floor of actualization, with even more excitement, more urgency, and more passion!
This is me following...

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Remember when we used to wear nice clothes multiple times? Well, I’m wearing this again, so… 🤫🤣

But seriously,
To the WOMEN honored at the Essence Black Women in Hollywood ceremony:

and - who gave one of the best speeches, like, ever-
CONGRATULA...

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One of my favorite things about award season is the family reunion vibes.
Thank you, Uptown Honors
and for a beautiful night celebrating some of our most talented men in the business!

Congratulations, fellas! 👏🏾
And to the hostess with the moste...

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Thank you and for a lovely, sparkly, heartwarming evening with some of my favorite beauties in the biz. Love you, Bevy!!

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torture devices removed ✅

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Essence Black Women in Hollywood 💚

styling: me
hair: me
m/u:

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To the Harvard Black Law Students Association, THANK YOU!
To every student and faculty member who challenged me with the most thought-provoking questions, thank you!
To my character, Andrea Freeman of “The Lincoln Lawyer”, thank you for the opportuni...

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✨Conversation Highlights ✨

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What an incredible HONOR it was to be a keynote speaker at The Fashion Institute of Technology’s Women’s Empowerment Conference!
Sharing the stage with so many amazing women, including my longtime sis and fellow keynote speaker filled me up with so ...

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The painting is called Yaya the Demon Slayer.
The demons of our time are real.
Fear. Division. Carnage. Neocolonialism. Erasure. Systems that forgot the sacredness of life.
As women, we know how to bring life into existence.
We know how to protect it...

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is literally always right on time. 💫
I have the most amazing teachers.
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