Being in jail, it's humbled me in a way I never imagined.

I've never stabbed, hurt, killed, stolen, anything, but I went to jail for a year. What is that? My pastor said to me the fact that I'm not living under a bridge as a crazy woman, talking to myself, is amazing.

The only crime I'm guilty of is being a young black woman.

I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.

My family never missed a visit in eight months, ever. I cried coming out. I didn't cry coming in. There's a big difference. I believe that God put me there for a reason, Incarceration is serious.

I love Harlem, it's like a second home to me.