Often, those who tread off the beaten path are misunderstood or mischaracterized and so we asked folks from the community to reflect and tell us about the times they’ve been misunderstood or mischaracterized.

Jill Knox

The joke about me as a kid was that I could never stick with a hobby. I remember my mother describing me to someone by drawing a line in the air with her finger and it going this way and that, never straight. Read more>>

Jules Martinez

In the music business, It’s pretty easy to get labeled. The issue starts when you are a little bit out of the box, and start mixing things that might be confusing for the general audience. Read more>>

Ashley Smith

I feel that I may get mischaracterized because people usually assume that women in the entertainment industry cannot be multifaceted when that is very untrue. Read more>>