26-year-old, returning college student, raised by my single working mother, with financial help and partial custody from my dad during childhood. I’m extremely fortunate for how many events have played out in my life: be it the recession not destroying my parents’ college savings for my brother and I, or the supportive, creative environments I’ve found myself transiently navigating through life. I highly doubt this country’s ability to foster equal opportunity for all, and I know so much of anyone’s success here comes from luck—being born a certain way, being in the right place at the right time—and who you know, whether that’s in the art scene where I am, or another industry. I want to work towards an America that believes and builds equality and justice for all, not just one that says it does.
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