They call her ‘Coloring Book Girl.’ Naomi Winston made her first coloring book at age 18, for her young cousins, then seven and four, who experienced colorism. “I took them to the park and in no short words, they refused to get out the car because they didn’t want to get too dark,” says Winston,“So, I got a bunch of Black women at my university, at Xavier University which is the only Catholic HBCU in the country, and I designed this coloring book to help little Black girls learn how to love themselves.” From that one book, Winston has created an empire, The Creative Representation Empire. She’s publishing multicultural, affirmation coloring books that include inspirational messages, poems and stories. #empowerment #culture #affirmation #poems #stories #news #baltimore