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Healthy Roots Dolls help young Black girls see themselves in positive light and last updated 2021-02-23 16:32:37-05 INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. â Zoe Doll is loved by girls all over the country. Healthy Roots Dolls CEO and founder Yelitsa Jean-Charles says her own childhood experience inspired the creation of Zoe. She says she never saw dolls that looked like her growing up. âIt has an impact on your self-esteem, Jean-Charles said. I know that I struggled with loving my natural hair. I know that when my parents tried to give me a Black doll, I actually started crying because it wasnât the one that I saw in the commercials with the long blonde hair and all that jazz.â ....