I'm not an activist ,I haven't changed the world or led a campaign .I'm here just to tell you my path so that you hopefully can take something away from it because I don't like being honest with press and the interviews .I like being honest with you, directly. Which is each & everyone of you .

Cause I feel like I can and I'm - I'm just gonna start with the basics . So I'm 21 and my mom had me when she was 16 and I'm from Grand Prairie ,Texas and she worked 4 jobs and Completely dedicated her life into making mine better .

So to me she's the definition of a strong woman and I love her so much because she's taught me those values so much .

I've been acting my entire life and I have known since I was first on Barney - you know that purple dinosaur that I hung out with - he's great .

Um...when I was eleven ,the point being is when I was 7 I wanted to be an actress and I wanted to live my dream and when I was 11 I had a casting director telling me that I wasn't strong enough to carry my own show .

And I'm sure all of you have been told that you don't have what it takes and that you may not be good enough & you don't have enough people supporting you and you're being told all of these things when deep down it's all you want to do ,you wanna be a part of something great .

You want to make something great .

And it does more than knock the wind out of you it crushes you when people try to tell you that you're not good enough .And it almost did for me but there was my mom ,next to me,stronger than ever . And she said the most important thing is to always trust in myself .If I have - I'm doing something because I love it..... I should do it because I love it and I believe I can do it .

So she told me to keep going.......

So she told me & taught me to turn the other cheek and let the critics be critics and let us just trust ourselves . Two years later ,I got my own show and the first thought wasn't - " Oh ,man ,that girl when I was 11 said I wouldn't  carry my own show " And I did ,I mean ,I thought about that for a little bit but I thought about what my mom said . My mom was like , you have to trust yourself. And I realized if I didn't believe I could do it ,I wouldn't be able to be here. And I'm gonna say I live a very blessed life . I have so much to be thankful for & a lot of you are a big part of inspiring me because I don't think you get it and maybe you're not told enough.

But you inspire me to be better.....  we should inspire each other to be better

I'm surrounded by people who are supposed to guide me and some of them have & other's haven't  . They pressure me .There's so much pressure. You gotta be sexy,cute ,you gotta be nice ,you gotta be all these things .

And I'm sure you all can relate . You all have pressure that you have to deal with everyday I'm sure with school, with work, with friends ,with parents, with family ,with PARENTS - I know ,sometimes with mine.

They tell me what to wear .How to look ,what I should say .How I should be until recently I had given in to that pressure.

I lost sight of who I was. I listened to opinions of people & I tried to change who I am because I thought others would accept me for it. And I realized that I don't know how to be anything but myself.

All i really want you to know is that you're changing the world, I'm not changing the world ,you're changing the world and that's amazing . Please ,please just be kind to each other and love and inspire people because - let's do it ,let's do it - let's change the game . Let's CHANGE THE GAME !

The most important thing is that we learn and we continue to learn from each other .Please stay true to yourself . Please just remain who you are. And know that we have each others back. All of us have each others back .

I'd be Lying if I said I've never tried to make myself better by giving in because I have . But I've learned from my actions . And for all the things I've done I'm proudest of that . I've learned from my mistakes.

I want you to know what it's like - that I know what it's like..... figuring out what types of friends you have. You are who you surround yourself with .

So I just want to say I hope I can inspire each & everyone of you to just trust yourselves and to love and to be loved. And thankyou for allowing me to come up and ramble & talk to you guys because this is such a beautiful thing you're doing .

Be proud of yourself. That is great !

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