Art By Michelle A.W

I am a mother, a sister, and a daughter.  I am the fourth generation to serve in the United States Military.  I am American via the Trans-Atlantic slave trade over 500 years ago.  I am a descendant of survival via a Native American women from the Blue Ridge Mountains.  I am a descendant of strength via a woman of the Mende tribe from Sierra Leone, which historically originated from the 13th century Mali Empire.  I am the beneficiary of legacy via a man of the Bamileke tribe of Cameroon, which historically originated from the Nile Valley Egypt around the 11th century.  I am honored to be the child of all the ancestors before me.  I am a lifelong learner and teacher.  I am a painter. I am a sculptor. I am an artist, I am that I am ... and I'm sensitive about my ish.