Queen Cee was tired of looking for dolls of color to give her children with no results. She told Huffington Post Canada, "I was basically led to customize because as much as people will say, 'Oh there’s black dolls here in Canada, you just have to go to the stores' — well, there’s not. There’s maybe one out of a slew of other dolls that are not black or reflective of someone of ethnicity."

But Queen believes that "a girl should be able to have a doll and create the character that she wants and that’s what her story is." 

And that same sentiment is especially true for all children of color, so she created Herstory – a line of dolls that come in all different skin shades with varying hair textures and color. 

Photo: The Dollylama Instagram

Although Queen was recently still in the crowdfunding stage of development for Herstory, the support and demand for what she's created has been overwhelmingly positive. She believes that her search for black and brown dolls is sending her down a life-long career path. She says, "I’m hoping that it expands and that I can really just be in touch with girls from all over…I want [kids] to realize that beauty comes from what you make it, don’t let the beauty of yourself be defined by media and by society." Preach.