I used my voice back then at 13, 14 years old to speak at the Newark Board of Education. It made the paper, it got the mayor’s attention, it got the superintendents’ attention. And we got justice.”

I know that a Black and Brown person, a woman, has to work harder to earn the same dollar, right? So if the price is the same, that means that to afford something, they had to work that much harder to get whatever I’m selling you. So I always want to make sure when people come in here, it’s like coming to my home.”