NAJAH JULISSA

Connect What inspired your most recent tattoo?

“ACTIVE” was born from a vision—an energetic uprising of balance and awakening. It marks my vow to ignite an Active World Raid—a spiritual and social reckoning to dissolve unjust hierarchies. Inspired by divine timing, ancestral echoes, and a calling to equalize fortune, the word is more than ink—it’s prophecy in motion, a pulse of purpose etched into skin, guiding me toward collective elevation.

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

If my ink could speak, it would whisper the truths I’ve lived, the vows I’ve made, and the worlds I’ve seen. It would speak in tongues of travel—each line a landmark, each symbol a passport stamp on the soul. It would say: “She does not mark time, she marks transformation.” It would echo the silence between my awakenings, the numbers that followed me like omens, and the words that healed me like scripture. Some speak of pain. Others—of power. But all of

What would you do with the $25,000?

If I were awarded $25,000, I would use it as sacred fuel to ground the vision that’s been burning in me for years—a space, both physical and digital, where healing, awakening, and conscious action collide. It would serve as the launchpad for Active World Raid—a movement to dismantle division, elevate purpose, and equip others to rise spiritually and socially, with equal access to light, love, and legacy.