(DNAINFO)  Eddie Small | April 15, 2016 The center officially opened its doors Friday afternoon at 937 Summit Ave. in Highbridge.

Vivica Williams has been living in The Bronx for about a month and a half, and as a transgender makeup artist, she describes her situation as “not necessarily the easiest thing.”

“Transphobia, discrimination, ignorance,” she said, listing off the different types of challenges she has had to face. “I’ve had to actually personally educate people on what transgender is.”

Williams, 26, is hopeful that her life will now get at least slightly easier, as the city’s first major transgender center officially opened its doors on Friday afternoon in the South Bronx.

“The convenience is amazing,” she said.

The center, called the Bronx Trans Collective, is located at 937 Summit Ave. in Highbridge and billed as a “one-stop center” for serving the needs of the transgender community.

Source: City’s First Major Transgender Center Opens in The Bronx – High Bridge – DNAinfo.com New York