Erica Cervantez thawj zaug ua lag luam tom qab yug nws tus tub Kristofer. Kev yees duab yeej ib txwm yog ib feem ntawm nws lub neej, yog li tom qab nws tus txiv, Franklyn, muab nws lub koob yees duab DSLR thiab hais kom nws mus, nws ua li ntawd.
"Kuv zoo li poob, tsis paub meej tias kuv yuav tsum rov qab mus ua haujlwm lossis [daim duab] tawm txoj hauv kev kom tau nyiaj hauv tsev," nws hais. "Kuv yog menyuam yaus uas ib txwm muaj lub koob yees duab, thaij duab ntawm kuv tsev neeg, noj cov phooj ywg zoo."
nrawm nrawm rau xyoo thiab Cervantez tau khiav nws tus kheej kev lag luam duab, Erica Cervantez Photography, puv sijhawm. Nws thawj zaug pib ua dawb tua, tom qab ntawd pib them $ 25, thiab nws tau nce nws tus nqi txij li thaum. Los ntawm kev yug me nyuam mus rau kab tshoob, tsev neeg, boudoir, thiab dhau mus, Cervantez tau txuas nrog cov neeg tshiab thiab ntes lawv lub sijhawm tshwj xeeb ntawm txhua hnub.
"Kuv muaj cov neeg tuaj rau kuv thaum pib thaum kuv tsis paub tias kuv ua dab tsi. Thiab lawv tseem tuaj cuag kuv," nws hais.
Key Takeaways
- Npe: Erica Cervantez
- Hnub nyoog: 27
- From: Norfolk, Virginia
- Nationality: Filipino-American
- Key quote or motto you live by: "Hu rau kuv cheesy, tab sis kuv yog ib tug neeg ntseeg zoo li no rau 'txhua yam tshwm sim vim li cas.' Qee lub sij hawm peb xav tias yog vim li cas lossis vim li cas, tab sis ib txwm ntseeg tus txheej txheem."
Nyob rau sab hnub tuaj mus rau sab hnub poob ntug dej hiav txwv
Keeb kwm yug hauv Norfolk, Virginia, Cervantez tsev neeg tsiv mus rau San Jose, California thaum nws tseem hluas. Los ntawm qhov ntawd, lawv tau tsiv mus rau Rancho Cordova, California, qhov chaw uas nws tau mus kawm ntawv qib siab. Nws hais tias kev loj hlob hauv Rancho Cordova tsis zoo siab heev, tab sis nws ua tau zoo tshaj plaws.
"Kuv xav tias kuv tau nyob ze heev thiab tsis raug tso cai ua ntau vim kuv niam yog ib leej niam leej txiv," nws hais. "Kuv chim rau nws ntev heev, nws hais tias yog rau kuv txoj kev noj qab haus huv, thiab loj hlob, kuv tu siab rau nws, tab sis tam sim no kuv muaj ib tug me nyuam, kuv tau txais tag nrho vim li cas nws tsis cia kuv. ua txhua yam."
Cervantez tau txiav txim siab nyob thiab loj hlob nws txoj kev lag luam hauv thaj chaw Rancho Cordova thiab Sacramento, thiab nws hais tias nws ua tsaug ntau rau zej zog, kev txhawb nqa, thiab cov cib fim uas nws lub nroog tau coj nws mus. Thaum nws los txog rau kev ua lag luam kev yees duab, nws ib txwm khaws cia hauv tsev neeg. Nws pab neeg muaj nws tus txiv thiab lawv tus tub, thiab tag nrho peb ua lawv txoj haujlwm thaum nyob rau ntawm kev yees duab.
"Lawv tau saib xyuas lub zog thiab vibes," Cervantez hais. "Tab sis yog, qhov twg kuv nyob, koj tuaj yeem pom ob qho tib si nyob ze. Tsev neeg tseem ceeb heev rau kuv. Qhov no yog qhov kuv ua rau."
Nws muaj dab neeg los qhia thiab ntes
Txawm tias muaj kev vam meej, Cervantez ib txwm nco ntsoov tias nws tseem yog haiv neeg tsawg hauv zej zog kev yees duab. Qhov no tsis ua rau nws ntshai, txawm li cas los xij, raws li nws hais tias nws tau tsom mus rau nws txoj kev loj hlob thiab ib txwm nrhiav txoj hauv kev tshiab los qhia cov dab neeg los ntawm nws cov duab.
"Hauv kev lag luam txiv neej, Kuv xav tias zoo li ntau tus poj niam-BIPOC cov poj niam- tab tom pib ua txoj hauv kev," Cervantez hais. "Peb muaj qee yam hais, peb muaj dab neeg, thiab peb tab tom ua kom paub."
Ib yam ntawm nws txoj kev lag luam Cervantez txaus siab rau nws tus kheej yog ua kom nws cov neeg siv khoom zoo siab thaum lawv nyob ntawm kev yees duab nrog nws. Nws hais tias nws cov neeg siv khoom qee zaum tuaj yeem ua haujlwm tsis zoo, thiab qhov ntawd zoo nkauj rau nws, yog li ua rau tag nrho cov kev yees duab tau zoo yog ib txwm nyob hauv siab.
"Kuv ib txwm qhia kuv cov neeg siv khoom lawv tsis tas yuav ua tus qauv super kom nyob rau pem hauv ntej ntawm kuv lub koob yees duab," nws hais. "Kuv xav qhia tib neeg tias leej twg tuaj yeem nyob ntawm lub koob yees duab, Kuv xav tsim qhov chaw nyab xeeb rau txhua tus, thiab kuv txhais tau tias txhua tus."
Ib yam ntawm kev ua lag luam uas Cervantez tau txais kev nkag siab zoo yog qhov kev sim thiab qhov yuam kev. Thaum pib ntawm xyoo 2020, nws tau sim ua lag luam tshiab uas nws tau ua rau tes, tab sis tom qab sim ua juggle nrog nws qhov kev yees duab, nws txiav txim siab tias nws yuav dhau mus me ntsis rau nws. Hauv kev ua lag luam tiag tiag, nws siv qee qhov ntawm qhov ua tsis tau zoo los tsom mus rau qhov tshiab.
"Kuv muaj cov khoom seem thiab paub tias kuv xav ua cov qhwv ntsej tawm ntawm UV resin," nws hais. "Nws yog ib txoj hauv kev ua kom cua poob, tab sis kuj tseem muaj tswv yim. Nws tau coj tawm ib sab ntawm kuv."
Dab tsi pib ua qhov nyiam nyiam yooj yim hauv kev cais tawm tam sim no tau hloov mus rau lwm lub lag luam rau Cervantez, Loj hlob nrog Flow Designs. Nws muaj peev xwm siv Instagram los txhawb lub tswv yim no rau pem hauv ntej, thiab nws tseem ua haujlwm tawm kinks rau nws txoj kev npaj ua lag luam niaj hnub no.
Nyob rau hauv tag nrho cov hauj lwm uas nws ua, Cervantez khaws tsev neeg nyob rau hauv qhov chaw, ib tug tsom nws yuav txhawb nqa thaum nws loj hlob.
