Nia DaCosta

We had, like, they did, like, you know, of course, I did horror makeup.

They did, like, a makeup thing, and you can get, like, a wound or something on your head.

And I got, like, a wound on my forehead and walked around with my mom.

And people were like, is she okay?

My mom's like, she's fine.

But also, like, even that, like, another parent might have said, like, okay, take that off your head.

We're going outside.

My mom just let me be a weirdo.

Like, she really did let me, you know, be a little freak.

And she didn't stamp out my voice.

If anything, the times when she tried to, like, shift or correct me was when it was about my safety.

Thank you so much, Tanya, for having me.