Excuse Me... Are You? : Alexandra Artrip

And what happened, like, not say what happened, but, like, where did you go? Like, where, what path did you go down, obviously, education-wise? Like, I don't, I'm not too sure,

but...

Yeah, I kind of really valued my privacy and my kind of anonymity.

You know, for me, I got married and my last name changed, so I didn't continue to go by my stage name, effectively.

So...

It would be kind of hard to find me, I think, truly.

Not to mention I was a small kid.

I looked the same, I think, once you know, but not just walking down the street.

I would never get stopped.

Like, I love the name of your podcast because I would never have anybody really...

It would be very rare that someone would grab me and be like... wait a second, do I know you? Because I have a different, you know, I look different.

So anyways, I, so I went back to third grade and I went through school and just sort of, I ended up studying dance.

So I was on like the dance team at my high school and college.

And I worked for a company that produces dance camps and things like that.

So I really kind of slotted into that in terms of performing arts.

I, There was a moment where I was considering doing, like, theater in my high school and things.

And just the way it all shook out, I ended up kind of pursuing dance a bit more.

And then I went to college.

I went to the University of New Mexico, which is in the United States in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

And so I graduated from UNM.

And I...

Really had it in my mindset still that as soon as I got my degree, I was going to move back to L.A. and kind of pick up where I left off all those years ago.

So I graduated.

I finished a semester early.

Just... killed myself practically trying to get out of college, which now I'm like, man, I could have lingered around a little longer.