“Raised in a Canadian prairie, Amara reflects on her early beginnings, growing up in an apartment without any furniture. “Everything was on the floor. Alarm clock on the floor, mattress on the floor, TV on the floor, toys on the floor – all donated to me from my church. But everything seemed fun. And for me, being a kid, not being tall, that was just my world.” The absence of material possession never hindered her joy in childhood, rather, it “forced me to be creative.” Mimicking the cartwheels from the animated series, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast playing on the television in her early youth, Amara began, without knowing at the time, to pave the way for her career.” Read the entire article here.

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