“In any professional setting, I’m a fish out of water on many levels, not just racially and culturally but also in the work I do, which involves many artistic disciplines…”

— Dmae Roberts

On doing things that scare her in “Who is Dmae Roberts?” https://artslandia.com/who-is-dmae-roberts/ in artslandia

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