WHO IS ABYINREALLIFE?

My story began as CurvyChicChick on Instagram in 2018 after I attended a plus size event in Las Vegas, Nevada. In that year I quickly discovered that I was not meant to dive further into my self love journey in this particular atmosphere and I found other ways to engage with the community that formed, through meetups, workshops, and body positive pool parties. Over the last two years I've grown and evolved my brand, Curvy Confidence Events, found my voice and redefined my message, to encompass meetups and events, body positive advocacy and mental health discussions on all my social media. I relocated from Las Vegas, Nevada to Florida in Summer 2019 after a series of unfortunate events and settled into life in Gainesville, Florida. I hosted body successful body positive events in 2020-2023 and decided to put a pause on events to allow the community to form it's own meetups & focus on my own health goals and invest time and energy into my first year of marriage with my husband Terrance.  If you've been with me from the beginning you know I changed my social media to "AbyInRealLife" to reflect a more authentic version of this chapter of my life when I relocated to Gainesville. While I work full time in public office Purchasing my passion is body positive advocacy, mental health wellness, and women empowerment. It’s my goal to encourage people who struggle with self esteem, and body image, to embrace self love, and know that they deserve to feel confident no matter where they are in their body love journey.  I am passionate about dance, travel, mental health, plus size fashion, and women empowerment. I am 31 years old, based out of Gainesville, Florida and recently married the love of my life. We met on Instagram during the pandemic and our love story has unfolded across social media in the last three years, including our recent marriage in Baton Rouge, Louisiana March 25th 2023.