Born Bright

Standing on the stage I felt exposed and like an intruder. In these professional settings my personal experiences with hunger poverty and episodic homelessness often go undetected. I had worked hard to learn the rules and disguise my beginning in life . . Born in the 1970s in Los Angeles California Mason was raised by a beautiful but volatile 16-year-old single mother. Early on she learned to navigate between an unpredictable home life and school where she excelled. By high school Mason was seamlessly straddling two worlds.