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Riding the Waves

When Emman looks back at her childhood, she does so with eagerness and appreciation for her parents Felicia and Kim Atienza. At a tender age, they introduced her to many forms of art including ballet dancing, singing and gymnastics. For the most part, she can truly say that her parents have given her opportunities from which she draws much of her personality—an “eccentric, quirky friend who gets along with almost anyone,” as she describes.

“My idols have always been my parents. I look up to my father for his creativity, passion and charisma; and my mother for her entrepreneurial instincts, intelligence and resilience,” Emman shares.

However, as years went by, Emman

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