I was sort of always the class clown, but I think that was confusing for my teachers because I had the grades to back it up. I would be finished with assignments and goof off, because I'm done. And so, it would be like, 'Oh, she has like a 4.2 GPA, but she's also just like walking around the halls with the hall pass and bothering other students.'

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My feet are firmly planted in my political ideology. To me, it's being authentic in every area, and that includes politics.

I think once I began to trust myself as a writer, I began to be seen as a writer.

I'm interested in stories being told by marginalized voices and, specifically, people of color.

Rom-coms are my jam.

It was really important to me to explore how disparate people are connected.

I've always performed. From the time that I was little, I was pretty precocious and always gravitated toward performing arts. But I was scared at first, deciding to do it for a living. So, initially, I majored in journalism, and I was pretty miserable.