How Music At A Young Age Has Helped Me In Life

I wish I could always say “I only play on a Steinway” from The Green Book but I can’t. Living the dream temporarily at the Fanny Peabody Mason Music Building, Harvard University

I grew up in a typical middle-class Filipino home, with loving parents. They did not have much money, but I never felt deprived. In fact, they went above and beyond and instilled a love for music at an early age, which entailed some investment, and pain on both sides.

I took my first piano lesson when I was five and naturally gravitated to it. This is a welcome sign of a good ROI…