Many may have the perception while growing up, that their life must be set in one way, to focus on one career, and specialise in that area.

Not for this licensed nurse, Yemisi Prince. This 24-year-old beauty is a singer, model, vlogger, makeup artist, and everything else she chooses to be.

Born and raised in Charlestown, Georgetown, Prince migrated to Toronto, Canada at age 16, when she completed her secondary education at Charlestown Secondary School. Taking with her from her Guyanese upbringing, humility, contentment, and empathy.

“I grew up with having just enough and being contented with what I had and knowing not to ‘play I’m better than people.’ So I treat everyone the same way I want to be treated,” Prince told ‘The Pepperpot Magazine”.

She furthered her studies in nursing in Canada, as she had always wanted to be a nurse while growing up.
But Prince said her passion lies in anything that brings about joy into people’s lives, and this she said, is not limited to treating people health wise. ‘A creative soul’ is how she describes herself, as such, her passion stretches across the arts.

“There was a point in my life when I thought I should only be doing one thing and one thing only and that was to focus on my nursing career and that’s it. But, then I thought, ‘what a boring life that would be.’ So I decided that I’m going to do everything and anything that I have always wanted to do. I want to be a nurse, I want to sing, I want to model, I want to do makeup, I want to edit videos and photos,” Prince said.
And that is exactly how she lives her multifaceted life.

“Making that decision to not suppress my amazing talents and be my best self has been working out nicely for me,” she said. “Therefore, I would like to encourage other young Guyanese people to just go for whatever you want to do. Play around with all the wonderful things you love doing. And if you have a hard time figuring that out, try think back a time when you were a young child, ask yourself what brought you joy when you were at that innocent stage in life, when you didn’t feel judged or give a damn about what other people thought about you. Hopefully, that gets you on the path of figuring out your true identity. And don’t confine yourself into doing just one thing. It is ok to do everything that brings you joy.”