_Sarah Lugor | @shreksdumpster | 1.9 M followers | 19 years old | She /Her_
First-generation Sudanese student and content creator, 19-year-old Sarah Lugor has emerged as an esteemed online personality and multi-faceted influencer. Her authentic, engaging, and comedic online presence has commanded her over 2.5 million followers across all social channels in just the last year.
**What is your favorite place to create TikToks and why?**
My room or my bathroom. My room because it's my thinking spot, and my bathroom because ya know sometimes i do my makeup and after the ideas are all in my brain at the same time, so I just choose to film them there.
**Is it ok to change your mind sometimes? How come? What's the context?**
Yes! When presented with new information it's important to evaluate your stances and consider how your opinions might change. No one is right 100% of the time. Be open to learning new things and accepting that you may not always be correct.
**When have you overcome doubt in yourself recently?**
Sometimes I doubt if I deserve the platform that I have built in the past year and some, but it's usually because I am a perpetual overthinker. My doubts are immediately assuaged when I engage with my followers. Without even knowing it, they make me so proud of everything that has grown. They're so loving and I truly wish I could give them the world.
**What's important about PRIDE to you and why?**
Pride means a lot to me in a bunch of different ways, but mainly in representation and acceptance on a wide scale. Queer people of color led the LGBTQ+ movement and it's important to recognize them. Maxine Perkins, Marsha P Johnson, Donna Burkett and Manonia Evans etc. deserve to be remembered this month, AND always.
**When do you feel the most invincible?**
When I'm surrounded by my loving friends. They bring out a sense of confidence I had never felt before.
**How did your relationship with TikTok change in quarantine?**
It's healthier. I was able to properly evaluate how it was before and build upon that. I learned to establish boundaries and take more time focusing on my mental health. I've gone back to creating whatever I want, whenever I want.
**Which current injustice is important to you and why?**
Of course all of them, but at the moment I've focused a lot on the Black Lives Matter movement. As a dark-skinned black woman I faced a lot of racism growing up and accepted it as a norm to cope. With the movement regaining traction, I was able to unpack a lot of feelings I have felt and find hope to work towards change. BLM and PRIDE go hand in hand. It's a fight toward equality, and a sense of pride for every aspect of your being.
