About Me
If you told high school me that current me would be voice actor and live streamer, she wouldn't believe you (well, at least not immediately).I was pretty self-conscious of being heard when I was younger, in situations such as singing in front of others and the commonly dreaded public speaking. I was not a fan of having everyone's attention on me. (This is still true to some extent).I thought I knew what I wanted to do as a career. By the time I graduated high school, I was pretty set on becoming a materials science engineer. I would specialize working with glass and work for a company like Corning.I lasted two weeks as an engineering major at the University of Pittsburgh, and ended up graduating with a Bachelor's in Psychology and a minor in Korean. After a gap year, I started a Master's program for Occupational Therapy, but withdrew after the first year.I started a podcast in February 2021 (inspired by Emirichu's Childhood Crushes videos on YouTube). I named my podcast Sharon Stuff and initially talked about any of my interests. I later narrowed down the focus to videogames and anime. Around this time, I was playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I thought the voice cast was amazing and started to become curious about voice acting.I enrolled in my first voice acting class a few months later (VA101 with The Voice School, now known as Closing Credits), not because I had decided to become a voice actor, but to improve my podcast and myself. I thought it'd be a fun and interesting way to do so. I wanted to be more comfortable being heard and to be able to better connect with my audience. Taking a class also satisfied my curiosity of industry. It was a win-win-win. I didn't decide to pursue voice acting until completing the class.I started live streaming in June 2023 and have been enjoying it thus far. I love how I can show people the videogames that interest me. By this point, producing podcast episodes wasn't for me anymore. Although, I am always up for being a guest on others' shows.
Fun Facts
Did four seasons of color guard in high school (1 marching band/outdoor and 3 indoor)
Participated in Japan Exchange program during high school and traveled to Japan for one month in the summer of 2014
Studied abroad at Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea from August 2016 - June 2017
Favorite videogame series: The Legend of Heroes: Trails
Favorite anime: D-Gray Man
High Quality Home Studio
Shure KSM32 Condenser Microphone
Solid State Logic 2 Audio Interface
Reaper DAW
Custom Built PC | CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 7900X, GPU: PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 7900XT, Memory: 32 GB RAM
Cleanfeed - Discord - Google Meet - Skype - Whereby - Zencastr - Zoom
Ethernet Connection
Contact
It would be my pleasure to assist you for your next project! Feel free to send me an email at meenasharonkim@gmail.com or use the contact form.
