“All my life, I have juggled two cultures: Senegalese and French.” — Maimouna Doucoure Quote

All my life, I have juggled two cultures: Senegalese and French.

When I was 10 and 11, my dream was to be a boy. I saw that there were so many injustices that women had to live with around me. I didn't want to have that; I wanted to have the freedom that little boys had.

We ask these young girls to grow up too fast. In the society where they grow up, they are asked to grow up too fast, and everything pushes them in that direction. The media creates pressure.

When I was young, I also saw a lot of injustices around me lived by women.

I would never judge another woman. For me, being a feminist means that even if we don't agree on everything, we should fight for each woman to be free to choose who she wants to be.

I've been playing football all my life.

My family moved around a lot, so I don't have any friends that I had all my life, but I did have annual trips back to Queens.

I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture.

I've had the exact same brown hair all my life, and my whole life, people have been telling me to change my hair.

I grew up in Southern California, Simi Valley. I've lived in the same house all my life.