Prior to building a community of Adore Adorn supporters, I had this notion in my head that I wanted to make Black Stories beautiful. I'm a girl from 2 very diverse inner-cities — Chicago and Kansas City. I know firsthand, our stories are not always pretty. Yet, what we create out of our experiences is nothing short of alchemy.

Now, that I am growing a dedicated following, I want to share the who, what, and where that inspires my jewelry. It's so many different reasons that I'm where I am today. I pour that into my creative process, very literally. I don't get my perspective from out of the sky. It's real experiences of love, learning, truth, and even pain.

Today, I'm dedicated to boosting our local economies to help transform our communities. Black culture is delicate and powerful, and I want others to know that you must be purpose-driven to make our art sustainable. I dedicate 15% of my (very) hard-earned sales to organizations designed to directly support our root — valuable black lives working to survive.

In 2016 I hired Chicago artist, Troy Scat to sketch the faces that you now see in my jewelry. I was enamored by his pencil sketches of women with flowers for hair. He told me in an earlier interview [paraphrased] "The women that I paint are everyday women. They are fearless as regular women. It shows that we have power. It shows that the Eurocentric woman isn't the only standard of beauty... It's a conversation of acceptance — like accepting your body and the color of your skin. That's where the power comes from." Our collaboration is a story of inclusion and in general how Black people are portrayed as strength in a society that does not always show that.