Marley Dias

I wasn't seeing black girls in the books I was assigned to read at my school. I was tired of only reading…

— Marley Dias

If I meet someone who's Native American and I don't know anything about indigenous people in New Jersey - which I kind…

— Marley Dias

My health and schoolwork come first. I work hard to get lots of sleep, but I probably work just as hard to…

— Marley Dias

I love YouTube. You can find me there watching cat videos. I even like to watch other people play video games. I…

— Marley Dias

It was the desire to see black girls and our experiences in the books that I was given to read at school…

— Marley Dias

I want young girls to know that their passions are important and that they should pursue them, regardless of whether or not…

— Marley Dias

The first black girl book I fell in love with was most likely 'Please, Puppy, Please' by Spike Lee and Tonya Lee.

— Marley Dias

My parents have taught me the value of reading and self-love through books that have characters that look like me and talk…

— Marley Dias

I am slightly obsessed with beauty products.

— Marley Dias

I am unapologetic about the need for social change, greater inclusion, and equity.

— Marley Dias

I think the biggest thing, where my passionate-ness comes from, is that I love reading, and it is something that I really…

— Marley Dias

I think it is important to speak your mind. Tolerance of the ignorance sends the wrong message to kids.

— Marley Dias

I go to Amazon to browse for things I can then go find at the mall. It's like window shopping online. I…

— Marley Dias

In my class - in all fifth-grade classes - we were required to read 'classics,' books like 'Shiloh,' which is about a…

— Marley Dias

I come from a community that has a lot of white kids, and I notice how, a lot of times, they don't…

— Marley Dias

If you like reading, you are allowed to like to dance and to like to sing and to like to act.

— Marley Dias

It's important to read books and see people who look like you. It helps you know that you are not the only…

— Marley Dias

I don't want to bring negative energy to myself, and if people feel one way about me, I don't want that changing…

— Marley Dias

Dressing in an androgynous way, mixing up the masculine and feminine, blurring those boundaries - I'm cool with that. No one should…

— Marley Dias

Yes, you can be passionate about school and fashion simultaneously. The two are not mutually exclusive - one doesn't cancel out the…

— Marley Dias

My goal for the #1000BlackGirlBooks campaign is to create systemic change across all school systems. I want there to be diverse books…

— Marley Dias

Between school, homework, tests, and play time with my friends, I have worked my butt off to create this space where black…

— Marley Dias

I travel a lot, so I know that it's important to have people in your life to keep you ground.

— Marley Dias

When I get lost in a book, it's just, like, magical!

— Marley Dias

Social actions means that you find an issue in your community, and you create an initiative to solve that issue or to…

— Marley Dias