❝ I have this disease late at night sometimes, involving alcohol and the telephone. ❞
Age: 35
Gender identification: Cis female, she/her
Residential area: Kitsilano
Occupation: Book cover artist & voice actor
Two positive traits: Independent & compassionate
Two negative traits: Hedonistic & aloof
Length of time in Vancouver: 20 years
Faceclaim: Nathalie Kelley
introduction:
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Born and raised in Lima, Peru, Angelia’s earliest memories are of running around the resort hotel both of her parents worked at. Her mother was a desk clear and her father a grounds keeper. They were a small but happy family that loved smiling and the company of each other.
It was the most love Angelia could ever remember feeling in her life.
Even before she could walk her body was in motion trying to dance and wiggle around. So once she’d taken those steps and elated her parents, Angelia was enrolled in dance class.
Passionate, competitive, and a bit of a perfectionist, Angelia excelled and began performing with a dance team all over the city. No matter the tough schedules her parents had they always made it to her recitals and performances. They always expressed how proud they were of her.
When Angelia was 15 there was an incident at the hotel and her father ended up as collateral damage in trying to intervene and deescalate a terrible situation. The sudden loss was devastating.
She and her mother ended up moving shortly after her father’s funeral to Vancouver where her mother had obtained a job transfer. The loss had tormented her mother so much that home didn’t feel like home anymore. Without her father her mother couldn’t stay in Lima and be reminded of him everywhere.
For the teenager the move was difficult not just because of losing her father but also transitioning to a Canadian school where she had a strong Peruvian accent and slipped into Spanish too often out of habit.
She struggled in school but that led her to discover an unknown talent — she could draw and draw quite well. Angelia began filling up notebooks of sketches and doodles, at first not really thinking anything of it.
Until she came across an ad placed by a local publishing company that they were looking for a book cover artist. Out of curiosity Angelia applied and interviewed, showing her notebooks full of her abilities. They tested her, gave her some book synopsis and note from authors and told her to return in a week with mock covers.
Angelia blew the executives away with her creations and she was hired immediately. They loved her interpretations but the job didn’t pay the best and the then 20 year old had to take up work at a local bar as a waitress then eventually a bartender.
It was tough juggling everything at times, especially since she also liked to travel and see a bit of the world, but Angelia actually really loved her life. She loved being an artist and loved the social aspect of working in a bar.
Eventually her talents would be snagged by a bigger publishing house and a much better paycheck, yet once again Angelia came upon a job opportunity on a whim.
Audiobooks were on the rise and the publishing firm had just begun devoting a department to that medium. After overhearing talk of needing narrators and/or voice actors she offered herself up despite having no experience. How hard could it be narrating a book?
Turns out it was very tough and required a lot of patience and skill. But like everything else, Angelia was determined to become good at it.
Now she’s sought out by authors by name. For two reasons.
potential connections:
publisher — this is rather open as it could be anyone working at the publishing firm!
authors — a writer that she has an established connection with and has done work for on many occasions.
MORE TO COME!!!
