Playmate

PLAYMATEBrook Power: The name is a perfect fit for our Miss May, a free spirit who follows her instincts. The artist, who is regularly hired by record companies, fashion labels and magazines, strives to live up to her superhero-ready surname—almost to a fault, she says. "My golden rule is to put oth­ers first, but I have a Native American stubborn streak," says Brook, who is part Chippewa. She knows that fortitude has defined female icons for centuries. "Sacagawea, my role model,...