Ocean Van Exel embraces her intersectional identity to be loud and proud in the way she shows up in the world. Coming from a multicultural background - Surinamese, Dutch, Black, and Southeast Asian. She has built a community of over 310K followers on Tik Tok sharing content about fashion, lifestyle vlogs, and the lesbian experience along with LGBTQ+ topics. Ocean is known for her unique street-style and loves getting creative with her accessories. She started a hobby of creating and selling belts with toy cars on them and continues to dive into creative fashion ventures. Her interests include playing sports, styling, dancing, and reading. As a passionate advocate for representation, Ocean aspires to create more visibility for BIPOC and queer people in the modeling and digital space.