I would never have imagined that my daughter, Zena Carlota, would grow into the amazing artist and performer that she is today. It is one thing for me to celebrate her talents--that's what parents do. But when others recognize the talent, then you feel redeemed by the investments you've made as a parent. At the end of the day, the talent is all hers. Learn about how Zena Carlota uses her heritage as a person of the African Diaspora, a descendant of enslaved Africans and the mixture of g... Continue reading ...
Irma McClaurin with Dive Master Eric Wederfoort. Photo Credit: ©2011 McClaurin Solutions
My
first memory of moving underwater wasn't real. At 8 years, old I
participated in a special science summer program for what we would now
call "gifted" children; I wrote a play in which the setting was the sea.
The main character was a young girl who finds a seahorse that takes her
on a magical journey underwater.
Never
mind that I had not even visited the ocean or the sea, and never mind
that I...
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