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C.L HAWKINS WAS BORN CHASTITY LENORA HAWKINS IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE WAS RAISED IN FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN. SHE’S THE ONLY GIRL OUT OF SEVEN CHILDREN.WHEN CHASTITY WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL SHE DISCOVERED THE PASSION FOR WRITING AND SINGING. CHASTITY AND HER TWO BEST FRIENDS EVEN STARTED A SINGING GROUP BUT THEY NEVER PURSUED THEIR DREAMS.
AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN, CHASTITY HAD A STREET FIGHT THAT LEFT HER WITH SECOND AND THIRD DEGREE BURNS TO THE FACE. THE OUTCOME CAUSED HER TO BE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE MONTHS. SHE RECEIVED TWO SURGERIES IN THE PROCESS. AFTER THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT, CHASTITY’S SELF ESTEEM BECAME LOW. SHE BEGAN TO NOT BELIEVE IN HERSELF. AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN, CHASTITY BECAME PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST CHILD AND AT THE AGE OF TWENTY SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER BEAUTIFUL, QUENTYA. WHEN HER DAUGHTER WAS ONE, HER CHILD’S FATHER WAS INCARCERATED AND SENTENCED TO 25-60 YEARS, MAKING CHASTITY A SINGLE MOTHER.
BECAUSE SHE HAD YET TO FINISH SCHOOL SHE FOUND ODD JOBS HERE AND THERE. SHE DEALT WITH A LOT OF STRUGGLES. SHE EVEN GOT IN TROUBLE WITH LAW. WHEN HER OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS FOURTEEN, CHASTITY HAD ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER AND NAMED HER DEMI-AUBREY. AFTER GOING THROUGH PROBLEMS WITH DEMI’S FATHER, SHE FOUND HERSELF BEING A SINGLE MOTHER OF NOW TWO CHILDREN.
CHASTITY HAS STRUGGLED A LOT WITH HER TWO DAUGHTERS BUT SHE NEVER GAVE UP BY KEEPING HER FAITH IN GOD. CHASTITY STARTED A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED “A VILLAGE INC.” HER ORGANIZATION HELPS FAMILIES IN NEED. SHE HAS DONE A LOT IN HER COMMUNITY. SHE PARTICIPATED IN TOY DRIVES, COAT DRIVES, SHE FED FAMILIES IN SHELTERS AND SHE EVEN DID A PROM DRESS DRIVE FOR HER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
THROUGH IT ALL, SHE NEVER GAVE UP HER PASSION FOR WRITING, BUT
FROM CONSTANTLY HEARING PEOPLE SAY THAT SHE COULDN’T MAKE THINGS HAPPEN SHE WAS SCARED TO PURSUE HER DREAMS. WITH ADVICE FROM HER SISTER IN-LAW AND WITH HER NIECE’S ENCOURAGEMENT, CHASTITY BEGAN TO GET BACK FOCUSED ON HER WRITING. SHE WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO THE WORLD HER FIRST BOOK, “SAME OLD SONG”, A BOOK WHERE SHE BRINGS TOGETHER DRAMA, MUSIC AND THE ERA OF THE 90’S.
WHAT WILL THE FUTURE HOLD FOR THIS UP AND COMING AUTHOR? SAME OLD SONG PART TWO, D.O.C LOVE: A BOOK OF EROTIC SHORT STORIES, A DOCUMENTARY ON THE ERA SHE GREW UP IN AND LATER IN THE FUTURE, HER OWN PERSONAL AUTO BIOGRAPHY ABOUT HER LIFE STORY.
YOU MUST TRULY KNOW CHASTITY’S STRUGGLES BEFORE YOU CAN TRULY APPRECIATE HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
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