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My name is Willow and I work in digital marketing and music.

I grew up as an only child.

I was really shy and I didn't really fully fit in for a while.

In junior high, I started singing in front of people, which eventually led me to theatre.

It was there that I met some friends.

One of them being a girl named Meela, who would eventually inspire me to start participating

in community theatre outside of school.

We all lived in a small, somewhat conservative town.

I am half Asian and I didn't meet my Filipino family until much later in my life.

So I grew up not being surrounded by a lot of other people like me.

There weren't a lot of opportunities for belonging and theatre felt like my safe haven.

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