As a kid I was really shy, but my mom signed me up for dancing lessons, and that really helped. The main thing was probably going to sleep away camp—I started going to Camp B’nai Brith when I was eight years old. I’m clearly different, so I wanted to blend in, since it’s in our nature to always want to blend in. My late dad—he passed away in November—was from Guyana, South America and my mom is from Canada but she’s Ashkenazi. I’m proud of my identity. And over time, I realized that I preferred to embrace the difference rather than run away from it. Camp really helped with that.

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