I grew up on the back of a motorcycle - my dad didn't have a car until I was a teenager.

I've always loved video games. I played 'Ms. Pac-man' with my dad, and I Ioved 'Galaga' and 'Tempest' and grew up on the standing arcade games. Even to this day, my dad will call me if he's playing 'Ms. Pac-man' and hold the phone up to the game.

And I was the only black kid in my school for almost all of my childhood, until I was a teenager. So imagine, if you will, being 6 feet tall by third grade, so essentially being a living maypole.

My dad, he was a construction worker. He was a butcher. He was a deep sea fisherman.

I grew up listening to show tunes in the back of the car.

Once we decided not to get pregnant, I snapped back into work mode, and now I have just been really enjoying my career.