[Her Perspective] Staying Fly with Cierra Bobo

Name: Cierra FLY Bobo

Age: 31

Title: Artist. Author. Speaker. Founder of @flylifeorg

No, You're Really Cool Hyper Personified Ego One: College Park Representer lol

Follow Me: @FlyMusiq

What kind of work do you do?

 I am the Founder & the Executive Director of FLY Life Incorporated. FLY Life Inc. is an organization that is focused on inspiring and empowering girls ages 8-18 to be FLY inside and out. I oversee and implement strategies to effectively engage young girls in urban communities. she oversees and implement strategies to effectively engage young girls in urban communities. I am a recording artist and author of 3 books helping individuals identify their purpose and discussing the negative effects of unhealthy sexual relationships.

What challenges you?

I work with young girls, building their self-esteem and helping them to find self-worth and purpose. What challenges me as a woman is to the young ladies that I serve. On my off days or days I feel lazy, their need never changes. That challenges me to be consistent, be a woman of character, be a woman of integrity, and a faithful steward over their lives. It can be challenging when you have circumstances and life trying to distract you or make you physically/ mentally tired. However, their need and love challenges me to rise above those moments and be consistent and available for them, when my flesh is tired.

Describe the moment and situation where you realized "God is real".

In college, I was rejected for the third time in life, by a minister I was dating at the time. This time it hit me hard. I made this guy my god, and at first I didn't know it. But I realized it when he broke up with me after making verbal promises of marrying me, and I lost all sense of self-worth. During this time, my self worth was at a detrimental low. I lost my personality, my sense of style, became very timid and scared to exist, lost so much weight that I didn't have enough body fat to produce my cycle, my thoughts were very self damaging daily, and I become extremely suicidal. It was so bad my mom saw a picture of me during this time, and ask who is that? I thought my life was over, but then God delivered me through that moment and re-established my identity, boldness, and worth in Him. I knew then, that if God could deliver me out of such a dark place that there was nothing impossible for him to do. What steps and scripture helps you to move past this challenge in life? Honestly, it took me taking an entire summer being infused in the Word for about 2 hours a day. I was reading Joyce Meyers Battlefield of the Mind and Dr. Creflo Dollar book on Love.

What is your go-to Bible scripture?

I have to read bible verses on sound mind, God loving me, God never leaving me nor forsaking me, and verses about being accepted by God. Here's a few: 1 John chapter 4 (entire chapter) 2 Timothy 1:7 KJV [7] For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

What do you feel God is preparing for you in this season?

Empower the youth to be leaders now. Empower girls to be fly inside out. Empower and love everyone I come in contact with.