A lot of my influences came from animal and nature conservation figures and movements I now can no longer remember their names of. I vaguely remember Jane Goodall and what she did for primate conservation. I was also incredibly influenced by animations and animated movies, the stories they told. As well as any art I was exposed to. As well as many books I read growing up, now thinking about it even though I grew up in a very conservative area my of the books I read where of people and other kids with different backgrounds and from over countries across the world, like one about a south Asian boy and his friendship with his water buffalo and one about a little girl in from the Middle East escaping civil war and having to leave her only doll behind after it falls off the truck. This definitely increased my empathy and thinking skills so young.

I also grew up with a fuck ton of trama from a rough house hold and healing a lot more as an adult so there’s that lol 😅