Be Your Own Best Friend FOREVER! is packed with inspiring tips for any girl who doubts herself or is excluded by others because of ethnic or body differences. Replace negative talk with positive talk the Jayla way by rejecting the voice of self-doubt and self-hate and replacing it with the voice of self-love and light. Once you believe in yourself, you will always have a best friend! Jayla takes pride in being African American, Native American, Asian American, and Latina.

Award-winning writer and filmmaker Gary Robinson (Choctaw/Cherokee descent) has participated in the production of dozens of Native American educational, informational, and documentary television projects and worked to create Native American content.