I didn’t want it to be like black girls hangout or something like that, to me it just didn’t really flow. So after hours, writing down different combinations of words in my notebook I finally put together mocha girls. I was trying to figure out what I could create for women like me who could come to a place where they can be motivated and inspired. I’ll figure it out and I started mocha girl’s pit stop after playing around with different words. So, I figured hey, well let me just try to start a blog, didn’t really know much about a blog so I figured I’ll Google it. I didn’t have confidence in myself, I didn’t know where to start, and it seemed like this daunting task that I would never be able to accomplish. So it clicked in my head, I thought about the fact that I always wanted to write a book, but I was always so nervous.
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I had a summer assignment to complete and I was trying to figure out what I was going to do for the summer assignment. TL: So about three years ago, I was actually in grad school. M3: Tell us a little about Mocha Girls Pit Stop. I can’t give up because I take on some pretty tough challenges and I can’t give up now, you know after you’ve been through a certain amount it’s kind of like, okay if I made it through that I have to keep going, I have to.
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If I could sum myself up in one word it would be resilience and I think because of all I have been through at this point in life, not to sound arrogant or cocky, but I feel like no matter what I have to keep pushing, you know, I can’t stop. I think from a young age I was kind of forced to be resilient and I was forced to take on resilience and having to bounce back from adversity. Miss Millennia Magazine: What makes you, you? Terri has made it her mission to create a safe place for women to find their inspiration. “I wanted to create an outlet where women can come and talk about things, and be celebrated for overcoming, and where they wouldn’t be judged by the mistakes that they have made.”Ĭontinuing our #LikeaGirl Interview Series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Terri Lomax, creator of the Mocha Girl Pit Stop blog.