Personal Life
De Souza claims to have always felt like a female and were physically lacking many masculine features. Joel then transitioned to Jowelle at the age of 19 by undergoing sex reassignment surgery (male-to-female) in Trinidad. De Souza is also an activist for animal rights, and encourages people to care for animals.
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