Hannah is about to graduate from college and is ready to start the next chapter in her life. She looks back on how colorism has created hurdles in her life before this point, where she has grown more comfortable in her skin. When she was younger, she felt pressure from her parents and extended family to lighten her skin color. This led to comments about her playing outside too long, causing her skin to be darker, and a push for her to use skin-lightening products. She felt this message was solidified in skin-lightening product ads and movies she saw growing up that showcased lighter skin as the beauty standard. However, growing up in a school district where many of her friends didn’t look like her and didn’t practice the same religion as her, she felt more ostracized for her identity as a Muslim than for her skin color. Hannah recounted a lesson in her social societies class where a teacher asked how students would respond to a Muslim woman walking into their class with a Burka on, and a classmate said he would “Run the other way.”. Once she was older and into her teenage years, she felt social media had played a significant part in her feeling more comfortable with her skin tone. Now when an older person makes any comments, she feels they are antiquated and ignores them but still feels strongly agitated when people around her age group make racist or colorist comments. She hopes people become more informed because so much information is available online.