Lupita Nyong’o on Strength, Success and Feeding Her Soul
Long before Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for her first major movie role (Patsey in 12 Years a Slave) and graced the covers of Vogue, Marie Claire and People, she was a 16-year-old from Kenya moving halfway around the world by herself to study in Mexico, where her parents lived when she was born. She says she was “excited but mainly terrified.” But she set off with courage, which is not to be mistaken for fearlessness. “Courage is acknowledging fear and taking action in spite of it,” Nyong’o says.
Strength in Experience
Knowing that she could always go back home “to loving, accepting arms” helped Nyong’o make that big move. It was just the first of many brave acts, the starting steps on a path that would lead her to a success where she is known as much for her smart...
