A biography for Bozoma Saint Johnhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a great napper. I nap in a lot of places.”
“I have known Tiffany R. Warren for many years, and we have always shared the goal to promote diversity and inclusion in the creative industries.”
“I don't curse in front of my daughter. Well, sometimes.”
“I always do what I'm most interested in first.”
“Mentors are like friendships.”
“I've been told that I overshare. Sometimes I get criticized for it, but how else would I be if not all of me?”
“For me, pop culture is very fluid: it's music, it's movies, it's books, it's art, it's tech, it's so many things - and as marketing and brand advocates, we should be able to to take products and services and match them to what's happening in pop culture.”
“Human curation allows you to have the emotion and feel music, because it is a very emotional thing. It makes you feel happy; it helps you when you are feeling sad, gets you pumped up, calms you down.”
“Part of our human nature is finding new ways of being.”
“I want things to be great for people of color and for women.”
“Don't let the myths make you believe that women don't support other women.”
“I can't be in an environment that is not conducive to me as a black woman.”
“I've always been a black woman in corporate America. I've faced my share of issues.”
“Brands mean different things for different generations.”
“I think diversity and having women and people of color in key positions is really important.”
“At school, I could talk about what other kids were talking about. Maybe I wouldn't seem so strange if I connected with them on the level they were used to.”
“Passion should meet your professional life, and I'm a living, breathing testament to that.”
“I want white men to look around in their office and say, 'Oh, look, there's a lot of white men here. Let's change this.'”
“Six months after I was born, we moved to Ghana. The first five years of my life were there. In 1982, when there was a coup d'etat, my family left because the government was overthrown, and my dad was involved in politics.”
“I've never taken the easy route. I don't even know what that is!”