For years, I believed I was becoming a writer. But when I began looking closely, I realized the evidence had been there all along. In this episode of In the Frame, Tatiana Donaldson traces the thread running through childhood journals, a sixth-grade writing contest, New York fashion editorials, teaching in Cambodia, motherhood, and the creation of the archive she is building today. A reflection on identity, memory, and what happens when you stop asking who you're becoming and start recognizing who you've always been.
In Episode 2 of In the Frame, Tatiana Donaldson explores the moments that quietly shaped her long before she ever called herself a writer, documentarian, or storyteller.
From a middle-school writing contest inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech to years of journaling, makeup artistry in New York City, teaching abroad in Cambodia, motherhood, and the creation of In the Frame, this episode follows the thread connecting every chapter.
Because sometimes becoming isn't about transforming into someone new.
Sometimes it's about recognizing the person who has been there all along.