from Paris's cousin, Austin Brown, she joined him onstage at New York City's Soho House to perform a song together. "Nothing better than when your little cousin knows the words to your record 'Smile' and wants to sing it with you," Austin wrote, adding: "Love u so much @parisjackson." as the wedding singer, Kina Grannis already had an established online presence. Grannis started her channel in 2007 as the girl with the guitar and dulcet tones. Her acoustic covers of top 40 hits and original love songs not only made her a well-known Asian-American musician but one of the most successful musicians on YouTube. In addition to Grannis, other Asian YouTube musicians such asAJ RafaelCathy NguyenandSam Tsui The task of universe building may seem daunting, and data intensive (which it is), but I haven’t studied statistics since high school, and I haven’t had any issues in my role. There are programs to help with number crunching, so don’t be intimidated. Being a field director is a lot of responsibility: You are a senior staff member on the campaign, but there isn’t one set path you need to follow to get there. Fiedler’s campaign is my first time working as a paid staff member at all. Previously, my only field experience came from being a supervolunteer for a general election last year. Every campaign has its own expectations about previous experience. If you are considering working in field, give it a shot, reach out for support, and you’ll build skills quickly. But that's just me being an artist, too — that feeling of "why am I here?"