Raised in a prominently White neighborhood as a child, Hervey struggled to embrace her curly coif telling Glamour’s Lipstick that her experience worsened in grade school. It wasn’t until she “got to college, that’s when it all started to shift. I think it was just growing up, and moving to New York where I saw so many different people, vibes, and looks, and everyone really owned it. That led me to feel more free, take more risks, and go back into my natural hair,” she told the mag.
