I couldn’t think of a more complex, yet captivating figure like Josephine Baker, in order to analyze the representation in media, specifically in the press, of Black women in the entertainment industry.

Alessandra Mai Vinh is an Italian-Vietnamese actress, dancer, and creative based in Los Angeles. We’ve interviewed her and discovered bits of her journey on how is it like to be an immigrant and a creative in the USA: a rewarding blessing.

Photographers, videographers, electricians, journalists, reporters, publicists, managers, waiters, waitresses, security guards, make-up arts, nail techs, and all of their assistants deserve to see more consistent sparkles and gold in their paychecks.

This region of the USA, the Southwestern part, has been restoring a lot of good feelings in my well-being.

Passing retains the idea that social constructs play a great role in our lives. Having Black or White skin is a natural condition dictated by chemistry, genetics, and biology. Have things changed since the 1920a in the way we see and act toward colorism or code-switching among Black people?

This year I inaugurated the season of Spring by watching Lizzo’s Big Grrrls on Amazon Prime Video.

I genuinely can’t wait to be free of judgments, societal constraints, and lead a team of journalists and creatives passionate about community, connection, and realness.

So yes, I look up to Rihanna a lot. But I also learned to look up to myself too, and every day I’m trying to compare less and less to others. The more I go forward, the more risks I take, the luckier I feel in seeing myself as my own role model.