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And you had to kind of switch careers.

So talk to us about what it was like for you as a child, a teenager, how you got into the violin and then maybe how you transition to some of the stuff you're working on now.

So talk to us about what it was like for you as a child, a teenager, how you got into the violin and then maybe how you transition to some of the stuff you're working on now.

Wow.

Wow.

That must have been so hard because that's what you were doing your whole life.

That must have been so hard because that's what you were doing your whole life.

So before we move on to like your next phase of life, I do want to talk about how you got into Juilliard because it was a really scrappy, interesting story.

So before we move on to like your next phase of life, I do want to talk about how you got into Juilliard because it was a really scrappy, interesting story.

So I'd love to hear about that.

So I'd love to hear about that.

100%.

100%.

It's something that I always talk about at this podcast is like, shoot your shot.

It's something that I always talk about at this podcast is like, shoot your shot.

Ask, you know, show up, show up.

Ask, you know, show up, show up.

Half the battle is just showing up and the fact that you just went there, you and your mom.

Half the battle is just showing up and the fact that you just went there, you and your mom.

You were so young.