About

Hey there

I’m Dr Faith.

Most know me as a medical doctor and an avid mental health advocate. Few know me as an artist, mostly because I’ve struggled with that side of myself. I grew to learn earlier in my school days when I got more applause for wanting to become a doctor than wanting be an actress that being scientific was a more acceptable version of myself compared to the one that enjoyed creating fictional characters,’ performing their pain and using a pen as my brush and paper as my canvas.

It’s interesting because I didn’t know that it resulted in me subconsciously rejecting a large part of myself. The world had convinced me that it was normal, mature; an expected response to age and life experience and I had listened. But lo and behold, identity doesn’t disappear because you ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist. Instead, it festers, silently gnawing at you in micro moments, whispering reminders of who you truly are. And I guess after years of being in an endless tug of war, I’ve decided to listen.

Art has always been the voice my soul uses to speak. I started performing way before I knew what it even meanT. Feelings were my muse, the pen my sword, allowing me to fight whatever battles that took place within. Before I had a vocabulary for mental health and prescriptions, my therapist came in the form of a piece of paper or musical notes that somehow had the knowledge to utter what my young mind couldn’t.

And today, after all these years.

After the doubts, the fears, uncertainty I’m glad to finally be at a place of acceptance.

Accepting all of me.

Accepting the scientist who finds beauty in the complexity of the human mind.

Accepting the artist who see’s colour in the darkest crevices of life.

Accepting the advocate who’ll fight relentlessly to create spaces for people like her.

Today, I’m truly excited to finally say.

Welcome to my canvas.

With love

Dr Faith