 LA has all the tools that I need in order to succeed. I get inspiration from the energy. I would describe this city as hot, iconic, motivating. I started off as an intern at Broadway Dance Center. I would throw out trash and clean the bathrooms in order to get classes for five bucks. Because I was a struggling student. That gave me the opportunity to train under a lot of people. And the rest is history. I hope that people can see that anything is possible. Or that people feel some sort of inspiration when I dance. My favorite neighborhoods in LA, Little Tokyo. I love Beverly Hills because it's aspirational and downtown. Being in Hollywood, you want to become iconic in your field. Turning people into stars and have them being famous for their work. LA is iconic when it comes to that. In LA, I feel like everyone's more eccentric. Everybody's hustling and doing their thing. When I first came to LA, I felt like I was more insecure about who I was. I had an idea, but I didn't really have that drive. But once I got here, I needed to really start standing up for myself, have a voice style. It's so important to me because that's a positive way for me to express myself. I definitely pull a lot of influence from the 80s and 90s. That era of style just resonates with me. I feel really empowered by this city because it kind of blankets me in this feeling that I can do whatever I want to do. And in terms of my music and my art, it just makes me feel empowered that I'm actually using my voice the way it's meant to be used.