Crystal

Yeah, no, I started at the bottom. Now we here.

Yeah, I started there, and I remember, it was just a breath of fresh air. Because you just, you know, sometimes with actors, and just this industry period, not even just actors, you don't know what you're going to get from one day to the next. Like, y'all can be having a great conversation in one setting, and then you'd see them, and they act like they don't even know.

Yeah, I started there, and I remember, it was just a breath of fresh air. Because you just, you know, sometimes with actors, and just this industry period, not even just actors, you don't know what you're going to get from one day to the next. Like, y'all can be having a great conversation in one setting, and then you'd see them, and they act like they don't even know.

I don't know him. You'd be like, you don't. Good luck. They're like crazy.

I don't know him. You'd be like, you don't. Good luck. They're like crazy.

You're like, we literally had a deep, I was crying. Literally, you don't remember. Oh my God. Yeah, so I've had instances like that, but to see you and then you like just embracing the way you did, Just as a young black woman still trying to figure it out and navigate this industry and find my footing and to see where I fit in.

You're like, we literally had a deep, I was crying. Literally, you don't remember. Oh my God. Yeah, so I've had instances like that, but to see you and then you like just embracing the way you did, Just as a young black woman still trying to figure it out and navigate this industry and find my footing and to see where I fit in.

It meant a lot.

It meant a lot.

And then to have you as a now is this years of friendship.

And then to have you as a now is this years of friendship.

Yeah. I'm proud of you, too. So I'm excited to have you on today because I want people to know more about you. Just like your journey and where you are today and all the amazing things you've done. Your resume is outstanding. Thank you. I'm so proud of you.

Yeah. I'm proud of you, too. So I'm excited to have you on today because I want people to know more about you. Just like your journey and where you are today and all the amazing things you've done. Your resume is outstanding. Thank you. I'm so proud of you.

Yes. So take us back to Queens, New York. Oh, my God. Young Tika. Little Tika? Little Tika. I want to know, like, from the beginning...

Yes. So take us back to Queens, New York. Oh, my God. Young Tika. Little Tika? Little Tika. I want to know, like, from the beginning...

Isn't that crazy? I just went back to my hometown in November. And I was taking them. We were going to the house we lived in. And I was like, it felt so much bigger when I was a kid. Girl. You couldn't tell me there wasn't a mansion. Girl.

Isn't that crazy? I just went back to my hometown in November. And I was taking them. We were going to the house we lived in. And I was like, it felt so much bigger when I was a kid. Girl. You couldn't tell me there wasn't a mansion. Girl.

And they say that's not New York.

And they say that's not New York.

It's New York, okay? That is funny. Being in New York, I feel like it's a melting pot and it's a place where you have access to so many things. So whatever it is that you want to do, there's something in that city that you can tap into to help build that character.