 Growing up in Brooklyn, and as you just stated, really beating the odds, if you had the opportunity to do some backwards healing and deliver a message to your 8 to 10-year-old self, what would you say? That's a great question. If I was talking to 8-year-old Shakima, I'd tell her everything is going to be okay and that your parents were doing the best that they could do and that you're going to turn out fine, your grandmother is going to raise you, and you're going to learn everything that you need to be successful, and it's all going to work out better than you ever imagined.