I Stay In Tune With My Family

And What Happens A Lot Of Times When - Let's Just Speak Specifically White And Black - When White Or Black People Feel Misunderstood When It Comes To Talking About Race, They Immediately Get Defensive.

I've Tried To Be Flexible In My Career By Doing A Little Bit Of Everything And That's Worked For Me.

Especially In This Industry, Women Challenge Men Much More Now Because We're Saying, 'we Can Do It, Too.'

But, Once Again, When I Said I'm So Grateful For My Mom Just Being Adamant About Me Staying In Public School - That Is What Allowed Me To Be Exposed To So Many Different Types Of People. I Went To A High School That Was By The Beach. I Elected To Do Bussing My Junior High School Years. And My First Year Of High School, I Would Take The Bus From My Neighborhood To The Beach Schools. And At Those Schools, You Had Such A Mix Of So Many Types Of Kids.

I Love My City And I Feel Like The Majority Of The People That Are In The City Are People From Other Cities. So I Think That L.a. Sometimes Might Get A Bad Rap Because It's Known To Be So Hollywood-oriented And Then Underneath That You Have Crime. But That's Really The Case In Pretty Much Any Major City That You Go To.