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A History of Heroes
I became black at age 7. I was in second grade, missing two front teeth, and talking a mile a minute to my mom while she stood at the stove, telling her about my newest school project. I’d been instructed that day by my teacher, Ms. Jefferson, to go into our extensive elementary library and…
Brooklyn-based writer of personal essay and fiction. Words in The Root, Ebony, MadameNoire, VSB. Fiction in Long Hidden anthology. Currently working on a YA novel for black girls like me.