“Really, the night before, I kind of pick out [clothes] to see what I want to wear that way, in case I wake up late, I can just grab stuff and go, which is what I did this morning. I am definitely expressing myself. With the hair, I wanted something different and I wanted to stick out, so I [decided] that since school dress code is natural hair colors, I figured orange should be a natural hair color, and I went with that. Mostly, what I hear is, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re so different.’ People always ask me about my hair and why it’s orange and it’s really just because I want it to be orange, that’s me!”

junior Montra Pearson