In this episode of our limited series, “How Sororities and Fraternities Support Mental Health Awareness,” Ella Turenne, Pasadena Alumnae Chapter member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. explores the special relationship we have with our hair. This Stony Brook University graduate is currently focusing on Black feminist theory and media culture in her Ph.D. Program in Visual Studies at UC Irvine. Ella is an artist and entrepreneur who had a love/hate relationship with her hair like many of us. In her one woman show titled, “Love, Locs and Liberation,” she discusses how society’s view of our hair affects us emotionally. Listen to how she learned to love and manage her natural hair. Ella completed her MA in Media Studies at New School University and her MSW at Boston University. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Stony Brook University. Ella’s one woman show, “Love, Locs & Liberation” was a winner of the Hollywood Fringe Festival Scholarship and an Encore Producer Award. It has been a selection of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival, the United Solo Festival and the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival. She is also a trainer for the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program and is Digital Coordinator for the Activists Studio West Project. To learn more about Ella’s work, go to her IG @blackwomyn or visit her website at EllaTurenne.com.