I started performing burlesque back in 2013 after seeing my first burlesque show which was the Minneapolis Burlesque Festival. Burlesque saved my life. It gave me an anchor for my restless soul in the sea of doubt and depression. It help me find the joy in loving myself and to push forward in this hard knock life.

My Sunflower African Ankara act is currently my favorite act. The song I perform to Tadow by Maesgo. The costume consists of a fur cape with foxtails and reversible yellow and blue giant Sunflower shape with matching vest and pants and giant feathers fans. The song is such a wonderful earworm that get the crowd singing along and feeling good about the self while enjoying seeing my beautiful costume sheding from my glistening glitter body and the bring out the feathers fans as a cherry on top. It reminds me the even though the sun rises and set everyday. It will continue to do so as long as it is shining brightly, not letting anything dims it light and sharing its warmth with everyone who needs their soul to feel joy.

Burn out has been a hard challenge for me because it tend to can’t stop, won’t stop often against my better judgement. This mostly stems from wanting to create art that reach people hearts and emotions as that continues to be the fuel that keeps me going. But I also know that restvis important and my art can wait because the people who enjoy it care about me and my well-being to ready to wait and see what I will do next when I return.