Before the world knew who Zendaya was, there was someone who bet on her without any guarantee that everything would work out ❤️.
Zendaya was only 13 when she began making her way in acting. Her father, Kazembe Ajamu Coleman, was also a teacher, but when she decided that she wanted to pursue this career, he made a huge decision: he left his job and moved with her to Los Angeles to accompany her and help her pursue that opportunity.
Meanwhile, her mother stayed in Oakland, working as a teacher and at the California Shakespeare Theater at night. Those jobs helped finance the trips the family took during the time when Zendaya was still going from audition to audition.
Years later, that teenage dream ended up taking her much farther than they could have imagined when they began.
Her father didn’t know he was accompanying a future Hollywood star. He only knew that his daughter wanted to try, and he decided to be there for her.