Raised in a world where books were refuge and imagination was survival, Phylisha discovered her gift for storytelling early. As a child on the autism spectrum, she found safety in solitude and power in creativity. “I just was who I was,” she says. “I didn’t realize I was different until others told me I was.” Rather than retreating, she leaned into her uniqueness. “I lived in my own world,” she says. “But that world became my strength.”
