While I started pursuing game development a little over a year and a half ago, the things I currently do with games have been a part of my life as long as I can remember. My Barbies had magic systems and lore, I would create my own languages, and I wrote and read so much I got detention for it. I couldn't get my hands on anything fantasy enough- I always wanted to explore new worlds. I entered the workforce in customer service to be able to support myself while being an entertainer. I was a theatre kid and a dancer, and even that I was too afraid to correctly pursue. I came from a family of engineers- those weren't "real careers". Everything creative went on the backburner in comparison to food and bills, so I stopped writing, reading, exploring. It wasn't until I got laid off from my first stable job at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020 that I stopped to ask why I thought being successful meant dropping my creativity. So I started pursuing content creation, and put my beginner programming knowledge into learning game development. I was fortunate enough to be awarded a scholarship to Code Coven's Introduction to Game Development course in Spring 2021, and dared myself to apply for the Summer Program, which I got into. It was during those two courses that I realized where I fit in the best. I learned the term "narrative design" and fell in love- my background of world and story building, my passion for languages, culture, love of lore? I had been one all my life and hadn't known it. I am currently seeking positions in narrative design and writing to expand my knowledge and experience working directly within the industry, and also founded a studio Mundane Magic with my team from the Code Coven Summer Program. My goal in this industry is to being marginalized stories to the forefront, as the heroes and leaders and the ones you cheer for- told be those who look and identify as they do. There is a beautiful movement of marginalized development brewing, and I want to be a part of it, as well as help cultivate it.