So tell me a little bit more about yourself.

Well, um, I'm a singer-songwriter, um, professional recording artist, and, um, I have been doing this for a few years now and, um, more than 10 years.

Um, but it took me, like, kind of 180 degrees to find my path.

Um, I initially, like, um...

Well, growing up I always, you know, loved to sing and perform and, like, I loved that as a child.

But I was, um, born and raised in a country that was, like, not very open for women to be artists.

Like, it was, like, more supportive of, like, following a more conventional path.

Today [laughs]