Just a girl with curls designing dolls with curls for the little ones.

My little Zoe doll at www.healthyrootsdolls.com

❓🏃‍♂️🌎= 👸🏾👸🏾👸🏾 #internationalwomensday #girlsruntheworld #curlsforthegirls #fentybeauty #blackgirlmagic

Healthy Roots Dolls are Here

The Healthy Roots Dolls team would like to share our love and happiness.

I founded Healthy Roots Dolls was founded 2 years ago as a college student with a big idea. With over 600 kickstarter backers, the help of mentors/advisors, an accelerator and an amazing team, I am proud to present our first doll Zoe!

At @risdmakes I started a journey that I had no idea would take me as far as it has. Healthy Roots Dolls was born out of what I saw as a demonstrated need for children’s products that for children of color. Specifically, black girls. In 2015, RISD and Brown University helped me take my prototype and turn it into a successfully kickstarter funded company. I could not have done this without the support of all the people who have worked with me over the past two years. Shout out to the OG Healthy Roots squad ❤

Healthy Roots Dolls mission is to ensure that no one feels less than because of the kink of their curl or the color of their skin. We believe that all hair is beautiful hair!

Zoe is an 18 inch doll with big curly hair. Her natural hair journey started when her mother helped her big chop. Together they learned the ins and outs of natural hair care from the best products to use to how to style it. She has gone from teeny weenie afro to big hair, don’t care.

Zoe wants to help other girls learn to love their girls. You can order your Zoe doll today at www.healthyrootsdolls.com

I was featured in ESSENCE!!!!

When you go from reading the magazine to being in the magazine 😱😱😱✨ I love empowering other young black girls to love and embrace their #blackgirlmagic It is an incredible feeling. You can learn more at www.healthyrootsdolls.com Fun fact: rushed to the store so quickly I forgot to put on underpants. 

I know I am not as active as  I use to be, but it’s because I’ve been working so hard on bringing Healthy Roots Dolls to market. Thank you to all of you who initially supported us and our vision of black dolls for young girls. 

I don't always get interviewed by Essence, but when I do I wear $2 earrings from the hair shop because I'm "boughetto".

Thanks to Essence for allowing me to share my experience as an entrepreneur, how the Rhode Island School of Design prepared me for my journey and how excited I am to share the first Healthy Roots doll with everyone.

One thing I felt I had to share in this interview was the fact that I have often felt rushed or pushed to do things that didn't feel right for me or my business. Earlier this year, a black male entrepreneur tried to strong arm me into giving him equity and control of the business because he thought his degree from Duke and business acumen were more valuable then they actually were. After I rejected him romantically and professionally, he attacked my business acumen, credibility and ability to run my own business while also giving me horrible design/marketing advice(it was really bad).

I hope that our society continues to call out men in positions of power in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and everywhere else that are using their titles and money to manipulate and abuse women.

I hope women continue to take their seat at the table and let people know to cut them their check because we work damn hard. Me run tings. Tings nah run mi.

🔆🔆🔆#glossbomb #naturalhair #blackgirlmagic #curls

When one of your favorite sites interviews you 😳😳😳 thanks @babedotnet I was asked about @healthyrootsdolls upcoming drop, our collab with @matthewacherry on #HairLove and whether or not #blackgirlmagic can actually change the world. The answer will always be that it already is. Black girls have innovated, inspired and shaped our culture in so many ways. Whitney and Chaka sang it. "I'm every woman. It's all in me". It really is. Can't wait to share the dolls with y'all when they get here and thank you for all your support. Check my bio for a link to the article and share with your friends. #naturalhair #entrepreneurship #blackdolls #yaaas

B L A C K B A R B I E 💇🏽💇🏽💇🏽 My life isn't always perfect, but my hair is. The summer is cornrows. Protect your magic.

Gotta love Fashion Nova for the soft black girl aesthetic.

How I look at babies, puppies and black women vs. Men who try to talk to me on the street.

Bringing #blackgirlmagic to San Juan.

Young me in #oldsanjuan #23 #blackgirlmagic #naturalhair #melanin (at San Juan, Puerto Rico)

This is why I'm not allowed in toy stores 😂😂😂 Out of the whole store, there were 300 dolls available. Only 22 were black. #HealthyRootsDolls Help bring diversity to the toy aisle by pre ordering a Healthy Roots doll at www.healthyrootsdolls.com. ❤️❤️❤️

I smiled once.