As a little girl, I always was fascinated with cameras. Capturing intimate moments always brought me joy. Every year, my parents would buy me a new point-and-shoot style camera for Christmas. The entire house would run from me because I would snap away especially my mother. If anybody hated to have their picture taken, it was her! Around my sophomore year of high school, I noticed a change in my mother’s willingness to take pictures with me. For two years, my mom battled silently with cancer. One day, while listening to our favorite Michael Jackson song, “The Way You Make Me Feel”, my mom entered my room, sat down on my bed and we had an entire jam session on camera. After singing our hearts out, I took a picture of her giving me a thumbs up. Little did I know, that was one of the last photos I would have of her. On March 16th, 2011, my mother made her heavenly transition and lost her battle with cancer. It was at that moment where my passion for photography and videography emerged. For years, I would gaze at the few photographs and the video I had of her and smile. At that moment, I decided that I would utilize my gift and capture memories for others that would last a lifetime.