Sunny DandridgeSunny Dandridge was born in the Bronx, New York and raised in Queens, the same year as Hip Hop:1973. Born into poverty and she was raised to watch her back, carry carfare, and walk with rhythm for attitude and self-awareness. She is an innate "peoplewatcher. "Sunny is a lifetime writer. Since childhood, she would write short stories and jot commercials down in her diary. While in junior high school she picked up a love for reading Stephen King and John Grisham novels. Her taste for poetry blossomed after she was introduced to Langston Hughes and Shel Silverstein. As a poet, she's performed on stages at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in NYC and the Cry Out Cave in Newark, NJ.She pursued acting very young at the Black Spectrum Theatre in Queens. She auditioned and was accepted to "FAME!" LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts in NYC and graduated in 1991. (Alongside Marlons Wayans, Omar Epps and Mitchell Marchand; the well-known comedian, acclaimed actor and prominent writer have remained friends until this day.)After high school, she was exported to rural North Carolina. She let a shift in environment shift her immediate goal and enrolled in Carolina Beauty College, where she honed her third natural gift. She felt it was the death of any 18-year-old budding actress from New York City. Sunny realized she had to choose one of her God-given gifts. Writing and Acting were put on hold because she never felt enough, so hair and make-up became the "thing to fall back on." She demanded top-of-the-craft professional training at Vidal Sassoon on 5th Avenue and 58th Street and then colorist training at the world-renowned Bumble and Bumble on 53rd and 3rd. Sunny is quoted as saying, she is The Self-Proclaimed Hair Whisperer. Her childhood home was rotted by domestic violence and since it felt natural, she allowed it to continue into her adulthood. Now she is a resident of northern New Jersey and single-handedly reared her two sons, the Marine and the budding Fashion Designer. Ready to break the cycle for the next generation. Sunny sees a need for fresh education on the topic, an initiative to not to be afraid to speak up, and a demand to "cause a fuss." Sunny's life changing event has compelled her to pen this memoir. In honor of the many we have lost due to COVID-19, gun violence and ex-police murders in the years of 2020- 2023. Sunny is also in support of the Mental Health Narrative, Automatic Gun Control because Black Lives Matter and BLACK GIRLS ROCK! FB: Sunny Dandridge IG: Sunny Dandridge www.SunnyDandridge.com Read More Read Less