savannah keyes Words by AUTUMN HALLE Photos by CATHERINE POWELL
Savannah Keyes wants the world to know who she is in three minutes or less. The Nashville transplant is no stranger to the hard work it takes to make a name for yourself. Born near the sunny beaches of San Diego, Savannah spent much of her 32
youth watching her mother take on the responsibilities of a mother and a father, after her biological father took off when she was four months old. Her mom did everything she could to carve out a life for the two of them, working three jobs and shuffling between rundown apart-
ments and her grandparents place, surviving on food stamps and hard work. “You know those really pivotal moments that are ingrained in you? There’s this memory I have of us on the side of the freeway because our car was impounded and towed,”
