For the past four years, Chauncia Boyd Rogers and her daughter Ava have created photo portraits of iconic African-American woman during Black History Month.

Their work has become a viral sensation on the Internet. Pictures of Ava, now 8, dressed up as Harriet Tubman, Angela Davis, and Oprah Winfrey circulate on social media year-round.

I interviewed the mother-daughter team in 2015 in an article posted on ForHarriet.com, a few months after their photos started to gain attention.

I caught up with them again this week, fresh off a New York City media tour where Ava met ABC News Anchor Robin Roberts, whom she portrayed in 2015.

Ava and her mother Chauncia recreated a portrait of ABC News Anchor Robin Roberts in 2015.

But it was the random meet up a day later with author and illustrator Vashti Harrison that left Ava in awe. “I was like, I don’t know what to say, what to do, this is so amazing, and I almost burst into tears,” Ava said.

“A lot of the people we model aren’t alive anymore so she was happy to see [Vashti] and meet her,” her mother Chauncia said.

This 8-year-old doesn’t seem fazed by the media attention. During our phone interview from the back seat of a cab in New York, Ava talked about her future plans. “Vashti Harrison is a writer and an illustrator and I want to be a writer and an illustrator and I’m actually writing a book called, well, it’s about a lost princess in a forest and I’m on chapter 2 and I think it’s going to be really good.”

This week, Ava wants to be a writer, but Chauncia said a few days ago, she wanted to be a comedian. So together, they researched Moms Mabley, the trailblazing black comic who was among the first female comediennes to perform at the Apollo Theater in Harlem.

“From STEM-based careers to medicine, acting and sports, we want to make sure she sees representation of black women everywhere,” Chauncia said.

Ava portrays Amy Sherald, the African-American artist commissioned to create the portrait of First Lady Michelle Obama.

And that’s sort of how their photo essays take shape. They draw inspiration from current events, history books, and even social media. When Chauncia saw the news that artist Amy Sherald had unveiled her portrait of Michelle Obama, she researched the artist with Ava. Together they created their own photo portrait of Ava as Amy, mimicking the artist’s hairstyle, glasses, and trademark red lips.

The purpose behind the photos remains the same: to teach Ava black history.

The lessons began four years ago when the family lived in Orlando, Fla., and Chauncia noticed that Ava’s school didn’t have anything planned for Black History Month. So Chauncia took matters into her own hands, researching famous black women and playing dress up with Ava.

And they had fun with it, mostly using materials around the house: earrings made of broaches and cardboard, wigs donated by Ava’s godmother, and the random pair of glasses from Dollar Tree.

Next year will be their last year, Chauncia said of the portraits. But it’s unlikely the last time we’ll hear about Ava. “A few weeks ago she wanted to be a top chef so we researched Sylvia Woods, [founder] of Sylvia’s [restaurant] in Harlem,” Chauncia said. “In fact, we’re on our way there now.”