THE FIRST STOP.

How rude of me to not introduce myself! My name is Bradtna, and I’ll be your tour guide for the day. I will show you around the whole website in the swiftest AND quickest way possible. I know this place like the back of my hand, so it’s gonna be a piece of cake.

I’ll also tell you about some facts that you wouldn’t know if you didn’t go on the tour :O. Sound like a great time? Perfect let’s get right into it.

Let’s start the tour! I was born and raised in the little bubble of Southern California, and I pride myself on my identity as a first-gen college student and Cambodian American. I enjoy photography, traveling, and cooking KBBQ meats for others (it helps me portion).

UPBRINGING.

Here we are gonna take a slight detour from our tour plans and to keep you in on a fun fact!

The name “Bradtna” sound familiar? No? Well I’m the only person I know with that name, so you might be onto something. Beside the perk of having my own Instagram handle @bradtna, the name is pretty unique. Bradtna is actually a romanized version of the Khmer word for “wish” or “to want.” My parents claim that this is because they wanted a second girl in the family and to this day I still don’t know if they were joking…

Anyways, I was the youngest of four, and my existence was so unexpected that I had to be taped to the family portrait to “update” it (see left). Being the youngest definitely allowed me to be the spoiled, free-thinking child all youngest children are born to be. Despite losing the spoiled-ness, I have kept the free-thinking part of me growing up which I accredit to my fascination with art.

But that’s enough about my childhood, let’s move onto the good stuff.