Check Out Sydney Rose’s Story

Today we’d like to introduce you to Sydney Rose.

Alright, so thank you so much for sharing your story and insight with our readers. To kick things off, can you tell us a bit about how you got started?
My name is Sydney Rose, and I am grateful for the opportunity to share my story, but to be honest I do not do well with talking about myself (insert nervous laugh). Growing up in a small rural town but in a multiethnic household, I learned from a young age there can be various perspectives on life. My parents taught me the importance of need versus wants. I learned to be grateful when I have the basic needs of life (water, food, shelter) and anything additional are blessings. Coming from a family of lower middle class, I did not grow up going on vacations, I had hand-me downs since I was the baby of two older sisters, and did not do anything fancy like eating out unless it was someone’s birthday. However, my parents worked hard to make sure I was financially supported in all of my academic and extracurricular activities. This allowed me to participate in almost every sport, participate in musical theater, travel for school club trips- such as going to Montreal, Canada for ModelUN, and more. Another club that was a big molding point in my childhood was Fuel Up to Play 60. This club and organization helped me with confidence, provided me a professional network since elementary school, invited me to national conferences to work with other like minded students, collab with the NFL, and more. Every summer, starting in middle school, I would go to a national conference in a different city, exploring a college campus, touring a NFL stadium, volunteering in a local community, and seeing local dairy farms. During the school year, students would work closely with their local dairy council and school club to work on school initiatives and fundraising events that would help provide gym equipment to the school to get kids active. Fall of my high school freshmen year, I was selected as one of three winners in a speaking/essay contest during the summer Fuel Up to Play 60 conference. Winning this competition meant I would be flown out to the White House to present my speech in front of the USDA Council. My speech proposed the goal of bringing more food options to students in schools from local farm sources. Farms have to get rid of so much food that do not meet “grocery store standards” so why throw out the food when the food is still good and could be donated to local schools to provide more meal options; especially meal options to students who may not be able to afford lunch. Those students deserve more than a milk with turkey sub every lunch. Also, this could allow for snack or afternoon meal to-go bags for families that may be food insecure, and an extra meal could be helpful for the student to take home. In my speech, I also discussed lunchroom donation tables. This way if students brought snacks they did not like or got fruit on their lunch tray they did not want, then they could leave it for another student to take instead of throwing it out and creating more waste within the school. The following spring, a major gym teacher and fitness conference called SHAPE America came to Boston. Thanks to my connection with Fuel Up to Play 60 and the New England Dairy Council, I was invited as a guest speaker alongside two New England Patriot players. This was an amazing opportunity to share my experiences as a student and to encourage these coaches and teachers to consider new ways of implementing fun ways to get students to be more active. For adults, its important for them to understand how they are huge factors, as some may not realize how much they can make an impact and influence on a student’s life. Some students look to their teachers or coaches as role models, and this is important to consider because after high school, that is where a huge decline in day-to-day activity within young adults occurs.
Personally, I have always been active growing up. I started off with competitive gymnastics from 2 years of age until about 5th grade, where I unfortunately had to retire due to family finances. I was a good athlete and was requested to start traveling to Minnesota, Colorado, etc for larger national meets, but it was too much for my family at the time. Although I had a hard transition to stop, it allowed me to pick up field hockey, volleyball, basketball, tennis, track and field, and flag football 6-8th grade. I continued all those sports through high school but also picked up beach volleyball and boxing senior year. Senior year, I was so excited to finish out strong all my sports as a 4-year varsity athlete, have the final senior season, graduation, signing day, go to Atlanta for my last Fuel Up to Play 60 summer conference, and get ready for college. Unfortunately, the universe had other plans and those plans were COVID. I was a part of the graduating class of 2020. Besides no graduation and no senior spring sports season, I was okay with school getting shut down. I grew up heavily bullied, alienated from friend groups, struggled with mental health, and did not enjoy attending school much. My focus was on getting into college on a sports scholarship and having a fresh start. Although I was a late recruit, I was recruited for field hockey at a division 2 university in Connecticut. Originally I was accepted into the school on a fast track for a 3+2 program where I would get a Bachelors in Exercise Science and a Master’s in Athletic Training. The start to my college experience, I would say, would be the start to a never-ending rollercoaster. Starting college fall of 2020, I did not have an orientation, all but one class was online, we could not hangout in other people’s dorms, there were no campus events, and it was just a mess dealing with COVID and college. Looking back, I always wonder if I should have waited a year or if it was best for me to start right after high school. On my first day, I got a phone call that a childhood friend had died in a car accident that morning. Luckily, my college was driving distance to my home so I could attend services, but that was not in the plans for what I had intended for the start of my college experience. After, my first semester at the school, my program was cancelled by the school. I then had to decide if I was going to transfer or finish out at least my bachelor’s degree. Coming into college with credits, then being on a fast track, I thought it would be best to stay so I could have an opportunity to play field hockey as my freshman year did not happen due to COVID. However, that opportunity would also be taken away from me. Spring semester my freshman year, I had really bad stomach pain that developed. I learned I would need emergency surgery on my stomach and would need minimum six weeks to recover. I would also need two weeks to recover at home as I would not be able to get into my college lofted bed. Unfortunately, I would come back to news from my coach saying I was being released from the team. Another opportunity I was never given a chance to prove myself due to external factors out of my control. All of this for my freshman year, on top of roommate drama and taking 18 credit hours for a degree program that was cancelled, but at least I never caught COVID. Toward the end of my first year in college and selecting fall classes, I was told my credits for Anatomy and Physiology would only count as elective credits and I would need to retake the classes. This would mean I would need to stay for the summer to take the classes so I would be eligible to take other classes I needed in the fall semester, or I would have to take a semester off and delay my graduation. In the place I was at, there was no point to try and transfer schools for field hockey as there is no professional level, and why delay my graduation. I decided to stay for the summer and take extra classes thus making me a second semester junior starting in the fall of 2021. This would allow me to graduate in the fall of 2022, but since my school did not do winter graduations, I would walk in the spring of 2022. My last year of undergraduate school was more tolerable as my hometown friend transferred to the school, and I was in an internship with the Strength and Conditioning staff; which helped me find a new career outlet and purpose again. However, when it came to graduation, it did not feel like my graduation as I was one of three people in my major graduating, I did not know anyone else graduating, never experienced any campus events or “college experience” (of course the first weekend the school decides to do an event called spring weekend, I get COVID and had to isolate), and the speakers at graduation did not resonate with me as I had a different experience being originally a part of the class of 2024. Somehow I made it through to graduate early with the class of 2022 and obtained a Bachelors in Exercise Science and a Minor in Psychology.
After graduation, I did not know what to do next as I had no career center help, no campus resources, or any exit plan due to COVID. So I decided to go back home to work at a local gym as a personal trainer while I figured out my next step and did some research. This time home would also be a big step in allowing me to start to explore modeling. In my last semester of school, I was approached by a photographer when I was downtown. He had asked if I was a model, but I had laughed “like me?” “seriously?” I politely said “no” and he said I have the look for it. He then would go on to offer me a TFP (Time for Print) to see if I would enjoy modeling. I decided to meet up with the photographer and I ended up really enjoying it. Modeling, even in the casual setting of how this photographer took the photos, it was like a part of my younger self had been relit. When the photographer posted the photos on his Instagram page, that opened up other photographers reaching out to me to do photoshoots. One photographer who I developed a good relationship with named Marlon put me on to runway. He had sent me a flyer for a charity fashion show, knowing I was new to modeling, and he said it would be a great intro to runway as he knew the director did runway training, comp card updates, and other basic essentials that would be good for me to learn. I said why not and auditioned. The director said I was a natural and selected me to be a model for the show. I was so excited! Not only do I get to model, I get to raise money and spread awareness for a local charity. I got to combine two passions of mine in one experience. This experience really helped me decide to start doing more research on different niches within the industry, and decide how much more was I going to invest into this new passion. After this show, I saw a casting for a show through mutual model friends named JUS10H x Adidas, and some how gained the confidence to submit to the show after only modeling as a hobby for three months; but I’m glad I did because I got accepted! I was dancing in my room and screaming to my friend on the phone with excitement. My first major modeling opportunity. I was so nervous and grateful for the opportunity; not to mention I was excited to meet these other models and hear their experiences in the industry. From that show, I would be given the opportunity to work with JUS10H on three other presentations that year. No words can truly express how amazing the opportunities and experiences have been to work for, learn from, and share Justin’s vision to the world. I will never forget how nervous I was about that first show with him, but so grateful for the relationship I have been able to develop with him as one of his models. #TEAMJUS10H In my first year of modeling, I also had the opportunity to be invited to model for various brands showcasing at DIOR x FTAU in NY, Boston Runway Ball, and other promotional photoshoots.
Starting off my second year of modeling, I wanted to dive more into my growth and knowledge as a model. I applied to go to Coco Rocha’s Modeling Camp and got accepted! This was a great way to start my year. I spent a whole weekend with a selected group of models from around the world and of various ages to learn from Coco Rocha herself. From a posing class, walking class, perspective on the industry, and a portfolio photoshoot to end the weekend; to apply everything we learned. This was an amazing experience that really opened my eyes to the modeling industry and helped me align myself as to what I was going to do with modeling. Also, being the first person in my family to not choose a traditional job and following through with physical therapy, this camp helped provide me knowledge and resources about the industry to help me better market myself as my family could not really help.
During this time, I was still living at home and working as a personal trainer. Most of my modeling gigs would be on the weekends where I would drive 2+ hours to opportunities, then back to work during the week, trying to figure out what I was going to do with my life as my parents were pushing for a salary job. I am the first in my family to do a creative job such as modeling, so my family struggled to understand it or see it as a career. This led me to decide I was going to go back to school to get my master’s to appease my parents. Fall of 2023, I applied to three universities in the hope of starting Fall of 2024. Within a week of applying, I had received my first acceptance into a master’s program and even offered a study abroad opportunity in Ireland. I had decided that if I had not heard from the other two schools by January 1st, I would decide to go to Georgia. January 1st hit, and I would be accepting! I later learned it was the fault of my undergraduate school for never sending my transcripts to the other schools and the other two schools were waiting on official transcripts because once they received the transcripts, a day later I had acceptance offers from both schools. Clearly the universe had me aligned to moving to Georgia. The Peach State! Before moving to Georgia, I had the opportunity to start my master’s program in May of 2024 in Ireland. I decided to take the opportunity to be overseas for two weeks working with Ireland’s sports teams of various ages, performance level, tour around the country, and talk with Strength and Conditioning staff, alongside Sports Science experts and learn their perspectives of sports. I absolutely loved my time over there. Although not my first time to Europe as I had been to 8 other countries, Ireland was its own experience and showed me a different side of sports training that I really enjoyed. Coming back to the states and beginning to pack to move to Georgia, I was offered by the university to be a TA/Professor for Physical Education Basics and in return the school would cover my master’s degree. I felt so blessed to be selected and to no longer have the financial burden of graduate loans post graduation; as I still have my undergraduate loans. Even though that made schooling less stressful, the move to Georgia was a whole different process. Being from out-of-state, it was quite difficult to find an apartment in a college town where not many apartment complexes sell single bedrooms or studios, I am not in the state to tour anything, and I do not know anyone down there to possibly help. Luckily I eventually found an apartment! Beginning August 2024, my dad would pack up my car, drive down with me, and help me move in. Driving down I was stressed as I have never been on campus before, I have to move into an apartment, I have meetings as a professor to do class prep, I have an internship with the Olympic Sports that I have to find where that is being conducted, and classes start the following week from when I drive down. My apartment complex would not allow move in until the Monday of classes starting Wednesday because of how their contract ran. The other issue that arose while I was trying to balance everything else was there was a mix up with my apartment assignment so I could not move in right away. So my first week, already stressful with the start of school, teaching, internship, and now I also did not have my apartment. I was living in and out of the hotel and my car with my dad; who luckily could extend his time off work to help make sure I got settled before leaving back north. Once the apartment issue finally got resolved, my dad would help set up my apartment while I went to class or work. Him being there definitely helped me mentally through the stress, feeling comfortable and safe as a single woman in an apartment, and working through the all the new change. Imagine, basically starting over, in a new state where you know nobody, you are a graduate student so if I go to campus events I tend to meet the freshmen 18 year olds and in general most events are geared toward the undergraduate to join. Then there is a total of 10 people in my major, most over the age of 25, in relationships, or married with kids, and if I went downtown to a coffee shop or bar I met 30-year-olds. I think one of the hardest things about going to graduate school young was meeting people to socialize with who could relate and were my age.
Coming to Georgia was a big transition, but even though I came for school, I wanted to still network and see what potential there was for modeling. Being at university briefly, I knew there was not going to be much modeling opportunity and if I wanted to do any networking I would need to go to Atlanta. Luckily through my network in New York, I had a model friend originally from Atlanta tell me to look into Young Atlanta and to audition for their fashion show in the fall. So that is exactly what I did. Even though schooling was my priority, I would use the weekends as mental breaks and drive to the city to network and attend castings. I went to the Young Atlanta casting call September 2024 and was selected that day! I was very excited because the director of this fashion show and fashion designer, Holly (Hollyandroo) and his creative team developed a purpose with the shows. To quote, “Young Atlanta is an organization and movement developed for the youth by the youth of the Metro Atlanta area. This organization serves as a creative catalyst that motivates teens and young adults to excel in art, design, music, and fashion. The Annual Fashion show is a highly anticipated event contrived to allow the youth and young adults to showcase their designs, apparel, and talent on stage and on the runway. In addition to professional and personal development for the youth, an objective of the experience is to creatively educate and enlighten on historical events and facts within the community.” This was a great first modeling experience to have had in Atlanta because I felt like it was a family, had great networking opportunity as I got to connect with new models and designers, the environment was inclusive of all people, body types, heights, everything, and I got to be in a space that allowed me to learn. After this fashion show in November, I was connected to a casting director named Molly, for mollyworldcasting by one of the models. I was really excited to have this new door opened to me being in Georgia and broadening my perspective.
That same November, I would be messaged by Jus10H with possibly the best news I could have ever received and being a freelance model. Me and a couple other models were going to be on the Macy’s day parade billboard in New York! I was at a loss for words and trying to comprehend if that was real life. Me? On a billboard in New York City? On the Macy’s billboard during the Thanksgiving Day parade week? All glory to God and truly blessed to have built a connection with Justin to be provided this opportunity. So, for thanksgiving break I flew to New York so I could see myself on the billboard. Such a surreal moment and something I will never forget!
After being home for the holidays, I would have to fly back before the New Year, due to how quickly the school semester started back up again. However, this got me back to Georgia to continue to network, do promotions and work with Molly on different castings. Thanks to Molly, I have been able to be a paid dancer for music videos, be included in events where I could network or be apart of a fun event and grow my talent/portfolio in other ways than my standard niche or runway modeling. Coming into 2025, I had made it my New Years goal to get signed with a modeling agency as I was starting my third year. However, if I was not signed by the end of the year, then I would go on to doctoral school and get my Doctorate in Physical Therapy. 2025 was a year that I needed to lock in and figure out what I was going to do. Graduation for my master’s was aligned for December, and then the decision was going to be where do I move to next. Do I stay in Georgia and move to Atlanta? Do I move to LA? Do I go back north to NY? I was stuck. Up to this point, besides a handful of people in Atlanta, most people did not realize I would drive 1.5-2.5hrs to and from Atlanta daily on the weekend. I would tell casting directors I lived in Duluth so I would not be looked over. I noticed when I said my real location, people did not want to network, book me, etc. because they felt maybe I was just visiting, too far, or unreliable to show up on time, but when I said I was from Duluth those directors saw it as close enough to want to book me. Sometimes it meant being up at 8am to get ready to leave by 10am to arrive to a noon gig. Sometimes that meant driving back at 3am depending on when an event ended. Some Sundays I drove back from a modeling gig so late I went right to work at 5am still in makeup because I know my responsibilities, but I also was not going to miss out on certain opportunities when paid. This is the difference between me and most people. I will find a way to make it work, if I can, but I still know my priorities and responsibilities. Unless either of those two things are impacted, then I will make it work. I will drive any distance, lose sleep, or whatever I need to (within reason of course) until I make it, and if something does not align, then it was not meant for me.
End of the Spring semester is approaching and I am excited for summer, and being able to have more time in Atlanta for bookings rather than only on weekends, but then I get a call. I had to be on the first flight home, my dad is in the hospital. I dropped everything. I did not do any finals for school, had to drop out of a few photoshoots and bookings, and I went home. This would be the first flight I have ever been on where I only walked on with my purse; did not even pack a bag I left that quick. Just when I thought things were smoothing out, life had other plans; as always in my story it seemed. My first ever heartbreak. The only man I ever loved, I had to say goodbye to unexpectedly. This would be my hardest transition yet. Saying goodbye to my dad, who passed away. I did not even mention how my Obaa-Chan (grandmother aka dad’s mom) passed away just 8 months prior. She lived to be 90 and passed peacefully in her sleep, but still difficult because she was family and her being a Japanese immigrant provided me so many stories, culture, perspective, etc. Losing her I felt like I lost a part of myself, then losing my dad, the rest of me was shattered. Especially not growing up in an area where there was a huge Asian or Japanese population, being with my Obaa-Chan or dad was where I felt the most seen and authentically myself. I had a lot to reconsider. Emotions high, family distressed and trying to figure out our new “normal”, and what was I going to do about school. I stayed north for the summer to do some grieving and be with family, but eventually they talked me into coming back to Georgia to finish out my last semester of school. It was one semester left, as a professor I had students counting on me, as a coach I had athletes counting on me, my first graduation, and more to finish in Georgia. Coming back was one of the hardest decisions. Everyday living in an apartment where all I see is my dad setting it up and having to sleep in the guest bed because I kept waking up in my own bed traumatized like I heard a phone ringing; afraid to get another heartbreaking call. Barely having motivation to go to class, but I was thankful enough to have professors that helped work through my situation. Having to show up and be a support for students everyday, them asking “How are you?” “How was your weekend?” but always putting on my professor face of ‘I am great, the weekend was relaxing, excited for this weeks topic.’ Showing up everyday broken inside, but with the biggest smile; you would never know unless I told you. I had not made many friends either due to the weird graduate student situation, so that last semester was the toughest mentally. Being by myself, in a an environment filled with trauma, pretending every day when I was in public and never having the chance to feel how I truly felt, I did not know if I would make it to graduation. Personally, I struggled with wanting to even graduate. How was I suppose to walk this stage all happy and smiles, when one of the main reasons I went back to school is not going to be there to see me. Here I thought I was finally going to get that big special graduation, and life said I was not meant to walk across that stage but I have other stages you will thrive on.
Come to November, and the semester starting to wrap up, I needed a sign of what was I going to do next because mentally, emotionally, and physically I was checked out. Then, the email came. I was scouted and offered a contract to be a talent/model for NYMMG! I guess I am moving to New York! All stressed, not knowing if I was going to graduate, I had a national exam I had to take which would make or break my graduation, all to finally have good news and guidance on where my journey will go next. I then started applying to jobs as a personal trainer in New York because a collegiate strength and conditioning coach would not allow me as much schedule flexibility to balance modeling, whereas personal training I can move my schedule around more easily. Within the week I applied, I got a call back and an offer. Okay, so now I have to graduate cause there is a lot lining up in New York that I need to prep for. Luckily, I passed my national exam, I walked for graduation completing my Master’s in Kinesiology with a concentration in Sports, Fitness, and Conditioning, and was so thankful for the support of my friends and family in that bittersweet success. The only thing left to do was pack up my Georgia apartment and head north! Although my story is a rollercoaster, I have always accomplished everything I set my mind too and, in some cases, exceeded the goal to accomplish even more. Some paths I tried may have seemed like failure in the moment, but later I would learn it was God realigning me to a better path. Although I would not say I have achieved much yet, I think I have made it through a lot of steppingstones that are setting me up to what I feel will eventually be considered success and achievement. I am thankful for my friends who have been by my side through thick and thin and may know more details of my story than others, and I am thankful for my chaotic family because although we are growing and working out our past, they also have experienced things that only they would be able to directly relate and know the feelings I may feel toward a situation. No one is perfect, and there is always room for growth, but the person has to want to change in order to see the growth. This is a little glimpse into my story, and I appreciate the opportunity to share. I hope if you read this and were going to take anything away from it, you would have a more open mind to the world. You never know what someone may be going through or has been through. You never know what someone could teach you. Never let anyone tell you you cannot do something or allow others who do not see your potential dim your passion. Never stop learning because life is always teaching, and life might be that much more exciting with you continuing to be curious and push the boundaries than for settling in contentment.

I’m sure it wasn’t obstacle-free, but would you say the journey has been fairly smooth so far?
Like I said, my life has been the longest roller coaster. Every time I had good news, I felt like there was always something negative close behind to follow. Although in the moment and mental struggles I may have felt like those struggles were the hardest thing in the world and I did not know if there was ever going to be light on the other side, I am grateful to have been through the adversity that I have had to experience. Adversity gives a person perspective and has helped me be able to be there for others because I can sympathize or empathize with their situation. Adversity has shown me patience and strength, which has allowed me to grow into the person I am today and provide me a level of maturity that other individuals at my age may not have reached yet. However, on this whole rollercoaster ride, I would say out of everything, nothing comes close or compares to when my dad passed away. That situation, I swore I had fallen off the ride and my world was over. I did not just lose my father, I lost the only person I talked to everyday, my biggest supporter, a person who has known everything since my birth, a person who was present and involved with all of my activities, the man who braided my hair for gymnastics meets, my friend, the one person I called to ask all my questions, my fishing partner; I lost my everything.

As you know, we’re big fans of you and your work. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about what you do?
So today, I am proud to say I am a multifaceted boss woman. My main work that I do is Personal training and Modeling. However, on the side I have my own virtual personal training business (accepting new clients), I dance hip-hop, heels, and lyra, Content Creation/Youtube Vlogger, hairstylist, and I am getting back into acting. I think I am definitely known as a hustler. Everyone who meets me knows my work ethic and how hard I work for everything. I have never been given a hand out nor would I want one, and I am determined to provide a better life for my family and I. I am also known for always being involved in community or giving back when I can. Some examples include, being involved with United Way, various soup kitchens as I have moved around, every September I am a huge advocate to spread awareness and raise money for American Suicide Prevention Foundation, October I am focused on the American Society for Breast Cancer Awareness, and ever since high school I have been involved with participating and supporting Special Olympics. I think the biggest factor in a person’s life is their environment and the community they surround themselves with. However, life does not always let us have a choice in where we are placed, but the more people can give back and provide safe spaces to get away or maybe restart in, then there is no better feeling knowing people can feel seen and have a fresh start.
I think one thing that sets me apart from others is my perspective. From my parents raising me on seeing the world and understanding how many different cultures, way of life, and opinions there are, to all the adversity I have personally experienced, and from everyone I have crossed paths with that have felt comfortable enough to share their perspective or experiences or educate me so then I can move through the world with a better understanding of people. Everyday there is someone that is going to be in a worse position than you and in a better position than you, so how are you going to focus on yourself to make sure you prioritize your needs to achieve what you want in life. We cannot help everyone, but being kind and respectful is free, and if you have the finances or time to give back once in a while that is even better.
In my life, I have also learned age is just a predictor but does not account for external factors. Everyone has a story and gets to different chapters at different points. Some people may be mature, married, have a job and child on the way at 22 years old, meanwhile the 35-year-old single enjoys the club scene and partying every weekend. This leads to people not always believing the saying older people are wiser, yet I believe that the saying comes from older people having more experience and the more experience a person has the wiser they are perceived. This then explains why a 22 year old may be more mature than a 35 year old because you do not know what experience both of those individuals have had to go through to either make a person grow up at a younger age versus a person who may not have had a reality check in life yet. Even more so the reason I try to push people to understand, you never know what someone else is going through, but that random 5 minute conversation, a flashed smile walking by, or a random sign of respect can go a long way in that person’s story. Life is not a competition nor a business transaction. Life is meant for failure, learning, growing, trying new things, exploring, sharing stories, and being present. Enjoy the days you have with family (if you still do) and enjoy time with friends because you never know when time might be up for you or someone close to you, and you never know how you might impact someone else’s life for the better.

What’s next?
For the future? That is a big question for someone who lives in the present or on a more day-to-day thought process. Putting thought into it, I would say my future plans are more like back up plans. I have my current plans and I hope they take me toward financial freedom and open doors that I may not have thought about to continue my success, but the future plans are in case this does not work out or I get stuck at a point; okay then lets pivot to this and try this path. Change can be a hard thing to deal with, especially when it is unexpected. Although it is good to have future plans, I try to focus more on my present and have less expectations for plans, as I have experienced on many occasions that I have had to adjust my plans due to external factors changing the end result of a certain path. The plan currently in motion is that I am on a three year contract with NYMMG. I am going to invest into my modeling and really try to grow as a talent, but if I am not growing to where I know I could be at that three year point, then I will consider going back to get my doctorate in physical therapy and getting back into training collegiate and/or pro athletes. Ideally, modeling, maybe even acting, is going to get me into some amazing rooms where I hope to network to become a face of fitness or commercial brand, get into movie roles or maybe go on tour as a featured dancer with an A-list celebrity. Then, as I become more financially stable, I look to continue doing work with local communities. Eventually, when I decide to settle in one place and not travel or move around so much for work, I would like to open up afterschool gyms that are free to kids to come learn sports or do creative work, but then has an attached building for training and development, that if families wanted to pay to have training for their kid to better their odds into getting a college athletic scholarship, they have that option too. I really want to invest my later life into helping kids who may not have a role model or are in foster care, and can provide a safe place for the kids to access something they may enjoy or can use it as an outlet to escape the struggles that the child might be going through. From someone who has always been underestimated, used, and doubted, I hope to be a role model of success that overcomes the odds and can be a person the young individuals look to for strength when they feel lost. Wish me luck or if you stick around long enough I hope you see me on top.

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Image Credits
Black dress: Eden Lauren (IG: @edenlauren.studio)
Squat rack and grad cap Picture: Akache St. Marino (IG: @akachemarcino)
Harper’s Bazaar: Designer: Justin “JUS-10” Haynes (IG: @theofficialjus10h) Scott Parker (IG: scottparkerphoto)
Brown 90s and pink UHAUL: Brittain Perez (IG: @brittainperezproductions)
NY light: Stephen Joyner Jr. (IG: @stevesnaps_)
Green and Black: Gary Edmerson (IG: @garyedmersonphotography)