Shomara Garcia
To answer your first question on what makes me me, is my upbringing; I feel like my parents played a big part in who I am and how I handle things, my culture: the fact that I came from a Belizean father and a Puerto Rican mother. Growing up in Danbury Connecticut has also played a huge part because I’m well-rounded, I am very accepting to all different types of people and my parents taught me to treat everyone the same. So in turn, I have a Lotta respect for that you know the people clean the streets janitors and I treat everybody the same celebrities that I come across of me and work with like I treat them the same as I would’ve random person off the street and I feel like it’s played a part into me having a business and being a hustler and you know finding many ways to make money
Am I the black sheep of the family? No. Did I feel like that growing up? Yes. and the only reason why I felt like that growing up is because I am dark-skinned and of my family, my mediate family, are light skin and I was the dark one I’m so growing up I did feel that I was different, I wanted to be lighter on but I didn’t hate myself you know, I didn’t dislike it, I just I wanted to be like them. Now that I’m older, maybe from the outside looking in it looks like I’m the black sheep, but I definitely don’t feel like it. I’ve known people who would say “well you know what the black one means to me you’re the most beautiful one” Or they would say “Wow you’re actually the most stunning one out of your family!” It has played a part in my messages with ShopBLatina, with ‘Latina Has No Skin Tone” because in my family we all look different; when we all have different skin tones we all look different and it has played a part in how I behave, how I get things done.
In terms of positive affirmations, I feel like there’s so many that come to mind or that I live by that comes to mind, especially when I’m doing positive self-talks, but a few include: money comes to me all the time, only the paranoid survive, and keep pushing. I feel like those three things are an everyday motto and play into why I wake up in the morning and why I do what I do.