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In high school I was in an all-consuming relationship with one thing: dance. Any free time I had was spent on working towards a coveted spot at a performance company.

As soon as I graduated school in Brisbane, I left to begin my career as a performer.

After moving around the world for work, I landed my dream job as an assistant creative director at Cirque du Soleil in 2019. But as I was settling into my new life in Los Angeles, the pandemic shut everything down. I was let go from a job I had worked my entire life towards.