still reeling from last night. there aren’t enough words to express my gratitude to everyone who’s helped me get here. my heart is so full.
to my @boldandbeautifulcbs family — thank you for changing my life. thank you for creating a space where i can be vulnerable and pour my heart into every scene.
to my fellow nominees — i am so in love with all of you beautiful people and such a big fan of each of you. having my name listed alongside yours was truly an honor.
i come from two immigrant parents who helped me navigate an industry that was so foreign to them, all while trying to understand a language not their own. even when we didn’t have much, they never hesitated to pay for every acting class, every headshot, and drive me to every audition.
so to be the first performer of Asian descent to win a Daytime Emmy for acting in a network soap opera… i’m so deeply humbled.
to the late-night self tapes, the tears over missed roles — this career is really fucking hard. but i’d tell little lisa, the one who cried herself to sleep dreaming of a moment like this: we did it, girl.
