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"When you are a Black woman in luxury, you are hyper-visible and completely invisible simultaneously," she said. "Clients want my hands on their project, but they don't want my face on the brochure. I used to fight that. Now, I weaponize it."

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Sharifa identifies primarily as a storyteller across several disciplines: "When you are a Black woman in luxury,

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