ADDYSON EYMA

Addyson is a little girl who grew up on the island of Abaco, surrounded by the beauty, culture, and close-knit spirit of The Bahamas. Long before the titles, stages, speeches, and pages of a book, she was simply Addy, a girl with big dreams, a growing imagination, and a voice she was still learning how to use.

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Her childhood helped shape the person she would become. In 2019, Hurricane Dorian devastated Abaco, transforming the community she knew and becoming one of the experiences that would contribute to the resilience she carried into the years ahead. Through change, challenges, and growing up, Addy continued to dream.

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As she got older, those dreams began finding a place in the world. Her love for writing, reading, performing, and public speaking grew alongside her confidence. Pageantry became another part of her journey, eventually taking the little girl from Abaco beyond the shores of The Bahamas and onto an international stage. What began as another dream became an experience that would shape her understanding of identity, confidence, disappointment, purpose, and growth.

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But Addyson’s story was never meant to exist only beneath a crown. Her voice grew beyond the stage. Through mentorship, youth involvement, community service, public speaking, and leadership, she began discovering that some of the most meaningful things she could accomplish had nothing to do with a title.

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As she grew, Addyson also discovered a love for mentorship, using lessons from her own experiences to encourage younger girls to walk in their confidence, embrace their individuality, and dream beyond the limits others may place on them.

That growing sense of purpose also led her to establish Broken Crayons Still Color, an initiative centered on child abuse awareness and reminding young people that the circumstances they experience do not have to determine the future they create.

 

And then there were the words.

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Writing became another way for Addyson to turn experience into something meaningful. Her journey eventually became the foundation for her debut book, The Black, The Bold, & The Beautiful, a deeply personal story of identity, resilience, pageantry, disappointment, triumph, and becoming.

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Beyond the stage and the page, Addyson is equally committed to her education. As an Honor Roll student, she continues to challenge herself academically while balancing writing, leadership, advocacy, mentorship, and her other pursuits. Her ambitions extend into the field of law, with hopes of studying at the University of Cambridge and eventually building a career in criminal law.

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For Addyson, those dreams are not separate from the rest of her story. Whether through a book, a speech, an initiative, or one day a courtroom, she hopes to use her voice with purpose and to stand for people whose voices deserve to be heard.

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No matter how far her dreams may carry her, Addyson remains deeply connected to the island and country that raised her. Being Bahamian is woven into the way she understands community, resilience, culture, and the importance of using her opportunities to create something meaningful for others. From an island in The Bahamas to stages beyond its shores, and perhaps one day to Cambridge, home remains part of every chapter.

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For all she has accomplished, Addyson does not see herself as a finished story. At sixteen, many of the dreams she writes and speaks about are still ahead of her. She is learning, changing, making mistakes, discovering new parts of herself, and allowing her definition of success to grow with her.

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Today, Addyson is still a student, still a dreamer, and still discovering exactly where her story will take her. She hopes to continue writing books inspired by her life, expand her work with young people, pursue her education, and keep growing into every version of herself she has yet to meet.

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Behind every title, every stage, every speech, every achievement, and every page is still Addy, the island girl from Abaco who dared to dream beyond what she could see.

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And she is still becoming.