I used to watch LeBron on TV growing up, and now I'm playing my first game against him.

Because I grew up in a single parent home with my mom, growing up, things weren't always the best.

Growing up with videos and YouTube, being able to see content from the '90s - music and games - that really helped me stay connected with the time before me.

I am growing up, but I still need help along the way.

In a way, my past gives me a little credibility. Not that anybody cares what I did nineteen years ago, but I did have a career, and a legitimate one, before I met my husband.

Your parents only want what's best for you. They know a career in the arts usually means living paycheck to paycheck; they just want you to know that you have other options!

Watching my stepfather and mother working in the industry - acting and composing - and seeing firsthand how difficult it is to achieve a successful career in the theater, I thought it might be safer to go to art school with the aim of becoming a painter.

My mother's career was over at 40 but she was still trying to be everyone's buddy, always smiling for the cameras.