“When I was younger, I was fully aware that I was ‘bigger’ than other kids around me but it didn’t really occur to me that I was negatively seen for being fat until I entered elementary school. I would like to add that I am fortunate that I was never extremely bullied by my peers but little things have stuck with me, resulting in a detrimental effect on my self-confidence and making me increasingly self-conscious as a young girl.”
Read More“In 2016, I had just barely wrapped up my first year at the university of waterloo. I chose to attend this university for a lot of its selling points about their co-operative programs seeing that the two other universities I was accepted into did not have the same opportunities for my program. BUT another reason I chose waterloo because it was the furthest from my home. And it was important for me to go to a school that was far away from home because home is where a lot of traumatic events in my childhood took place starting as early as 4 years old.”
Read More“My whole life, I’ve faced a self-proclaimed downhill battle with my hair. I refused to see the beauty in my natural curls and I did whatever I could to hide it so I wouldn’t have to directly deal with it. This past year, quarantine forced me to come to terms with my hair and over the last few months, I’ve developed a much healthier relationship with it. I feel so empowered to finally talk about my hair on a public platform and pose as an example of how personal growth journeys cater so much to self-love.”
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