My ultimate goal is to make people laugh and make them think, which isn't always an easy task.

Franchesca Ramsey

Black people come in so many different bodies, genders, and sexualities, so it's important that we're conscious of that so we can fight for a world that embraces and uplifts black people of every kind. Our voices are powerful and have the ability to make change.

Franchesca Ramsey

It's important to take time away from the Internet as much as possible. For me, I love working out, and my husband and I do it together in the mornings! And it's really our time to check in with each other, but it's also our time to really not think about work or what's happening on the Internet.

Franchesca Ramsey

Self-care is really about taking care of you and focusing on feeling good about yourself - mind and body.

Franchesca Ramsey

I think society perpetuates a lot of mixed messages about what it means to be beautiful for all women, but especially for black women and women of color.

Franchesca Ramsey

Self-esteem doesn't have to just be about the way you look; it can be about your talents and passions. All of those things can build someone's confidence and show them that they have self worth and they are important.

Franchesca Ramsey

I think, even before social media, it was really hard to not look at other classmates and say, 'Well I wish I looked like her.' Or even to look at celebrities and wish that 'I looked like them.'

Franchesca Ramsey

YouTube is an amazing platform to talk about social issues because it gives people the ability to tell their own stories and reach audience around the world who may otherwise never be exposed to these people and conversations.

Franchesca Ramsey

Black women are so very often stereotyped in pop culture.

Franchesca Ramsey

Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity.

Franchesca Ramsey

With 'Decoded,' the goal is to just keep pushing forward and challenging ourselves to tackle important subjects in creative and funny ways.

Franchesca Ramsey

I'm somewhat wary of being called 'woke' because it feels absolute in a way that I don't think is realistic.

Franchesca Ramsey

My consciousness is a process, and that includes my relationship with my husband. His being white doesn't make me any less black or invested in black issues, the same way him being a man doesn't make me any less of a feminist.

Franchesca Ramsey

For me, at least with my parents, I feel that they wanted me to have all the opportunities that they did not have, and for them, that meant going to private school.

Franchesca Ramsey

I think the beauty of the Internet is that it's giving a lot of people the opportunity to reach people around the world that they never would have been able to, and for people to tell their own stories where they don't see themselves reflected in mainstream media, or the media is misrepresenting the truth, right.

Franchesca Ramsey

Now I have a standard for how I make sure people do not speak to me in a way that I feel uncomfortable with. When I was younger, I didn't have that. I was like, 'Try not to make waves.' I wanted everybody to like me, and so I stifled a lot of the discomfort that I had.

Franchesca Ramsey

I create videos for my YouTube channel Chescaleigh and for 'Decoded,' a series with MTV.

Franchesca Ramsey

I left acting school really hoping that I could be on a television show of some sort, working in movies in Hollywood.

Franchesca Ramsey

When I started in 2007, YouTube was just a fun hobby for others and myself.

Franchesca Ramsey

My dream has always been to be in entertainment.

Franchesca Ramsey

Franchesca Ramsey Quotes

My ultimate goal is to make people laugh and make them think, which isn't always an easy task.

Black people come in so many different bodies, genders, and sexualities, so it's important that we're conscious of that so we can fight for a world that embraces and uplifts black people of every kind. Our voices are powerful and have the ability to make change.

It's important to take time away from the Internet as much as possible. For me, I love working out, and my husband and I do it together in the mornings! And it's really our time to check in with each other, but it's also our time to really not think about work or what's happening on the Internet.

Self-care is really about taking care of you and focusing on feeling good about yourself - mind and body.

I think society perpetuates a lot of mixed messages about what it means to be beautiful for all women, but especially for black women and women of color.

Self-esteem doesn't have to just be about the way you look; it can be about your talents and passions. All of those things can build someone's confidence and show them that they have self worth and they are important.

I think, even before social media, it was really hard to not look at other classmates and say, 'Well I wish I looked like her.' Or even to look at celebrities and wish that 'I looked like them.'

YouTube is an amazing platform to talk about social issues because it gives people the ability to tell their own stories and reach audience around the world who may otherwise never be exposed to these people and conversations.

Black women are so very often stereotyped in pop culture.

Black women come with all sorts of personalities. So it's time for media to wise up and show us in all of our complexity.

With 'Decoded,' the goal is to just keep pushing forward and challenging ourselves to tackle important subjects in creative and funny ways.

I'm somewhat wary of being called 'woke' because it feels absolute in a way that I don't think is realistic.

My consciousness is a process, and that includes my relationship with my husband. His being white doesn't make me any less black or invested in black issues, the same way him being a man doesn't make me any less of a feminist.

For me, at least with my parents, I feel that they wanted me to have all the opportunities that they did not have, and for them, that meant going to private school.

Now I have a standard for how I make sure people do not speak to me in a way that I feel uncomfortable with. When I was younger, I didn't have that. I was like, 'Try not to make waves.' I wanted everybody to like me, and so I stifled a lot of the discomfort that I had.

I create videos for my YouTube channel Chescaleigh and for 'Decoded,' a series with MTV.

I left acting school really hoping that I could be on a television show of some sort, working in movies in Hollywood.

When I started in 2007, YouTube was just a fun hobby for others and myself.

My dream has always been to be in entertainment.