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I was supposed to be the doctor in my family. ”

First Gen' is kind of the ode to my parents and to really all immigrant children who come here with kind of a preemptive expectation placed on them, and then they get there, and they realize the American dream is bigger than, sometimes, what our parents dreamt. ”

I don't know who I'll end up with, but whoever he is must have a strong religious commitment, must be someone who loves God. ”

A lot of people have done things in the name of Christianity and religion and faith in a not-so-nice way. ”

My mom would always say, 'Hair is a woman's beauty.' I cut my hair all off. I was completely bald, and that was, like, 'What in the world?' My mom was like, 'What happened?' She had so many questions. ”

If you're a woman of colour and you have any level of education, you have to adapt. ”

How many shows on TV do you see young black people, both women and men, really embody a full-fledged human being, flaws and all? ”

If I'm home on Wednesdays, I go to Bible study. I get my God time in, definitely. ”

There's this idea if you are a woman of colour, that you must never let them see you break down. That we've got to show ourselves in the best light, always, as the 'Strong Black Women' and bring that 'black girl magic' all the time. ”

By the time I got to George Washington University, I had been a straight-A student in high school. ”