The Girl Who Moved to LA

Maria sits down with her friend Juju, who knew her back when LA still felt brand new. They get into the move, what they thought it would be, the internships and the going out and the figuring-it-out, and what it looks like in hindsight to look back at your younger self.

Well, I guess we should start at the beginning.In the very first episode of Somehow Here, I’m taking it back to where it all started: growing up as one of eight kids in a small town in the Midwest, chasing dreams of singing, dancing, and acting, and eventually packing up my life for California.But getting here was anything but a straight line.Between the unexpected twists, the moments you genuinely couldn’t make up, and the times life knocks you down and you somehow have to get back up. I’ve collected a few stories along the way, and according to the people in my life, it’s time to start telling them.So consider this your introduction to me, how I got here, and what you can expect from this little corner of the internet. We’ll laugh, we’ll probably cry, and we’ll definitely get into some things.Because none of this was the plan, yet somehow, here we are.