I still love to perform

At a very young age I was exposed to Disney movies which made me start to sing around the time that I started to talk. My mother noticed my great interest in singing and because she was a dancer herself, she enrolled me in dancing classes. Along with the dancing class I was already involved in many different sports. My favorite among the sports was Taekwondo; it felt good to be trained. Being trained helped me to start theatre in 4th grade where I did real performances. Teachers had approached me on the playground, telling me how good I was at acting, singing, and dancing. They suggested that I join the Beck Back Stage which as a junior high theatre program. Once I got to junior high, I joined the program. In this program 6th graders did not get casted due to the hierarchy unless your mom was in good with the director. But I got casted as a 6th grader with no connections to the director or anyone in the program. I was casted for my talent and nothing else. My peak performance was in 7th grade as Ursula where I had my first standing ovation. I had never been happier in my life, it felt like everything I had worked for was validated in that moment. I quit all other hobbies to focus on theatre performance. But when I got to my sophomore year in high school I had damaged my vocals. I could no longer belt the notes in the right way. My theatre experience went downhill from there. My director started to cast people based off of different things and not talent. I was never casted where I should have been. There was a performing arts school that I auditioned for and was lucky to get in but was not able to attend due to several reasons. It felt as if theatre was taken away from me. In the end, I ended up turning far away from arts and tried to turn into different fields. Now am in business. But I still love to perform and still sing any time I am able.