NC: How has having curly hair impacted your life?
ER: It has helped me be grateful for what I have and, as Shawn Colvin says, not wish for what isn’t mine. “Go with what you’ve got” is what curly hair has taught me.
NC: Tell us about your current and upcoming projects. Tell us about your life and what you are up to!
ER: I’m starting a sailing program for young survivors of rape and studying for my Coast Guard Captain’s license. On the boat, I have to keep my hair under wraps — I got it caught in the engine once when I stuck my head in the engine compartment! Hats and wraps make it flat, until I rinse it and, like magic, it bounces back. This is the great thing about curly hair: it always bounces back. We could all learn from that, right?
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