My sexuality represents a core aspect, perhaps the core aspect, of my identity. Because this digital space is the realm in which I can express my sexuality most freely, I view my chatroom as my home on the internet. As a child, my home was quite different in terms of freedom, creative expression, and so called family values. Coming from a conservative household, I learned that female sexual expression was something that should be caged and suppressed.My story begins as one of seeking out and embracing seduction as a personal source of power. Seduction similarly to money, is a taboo in this culture and is thought to be negative. Both money and seduction in itself is not negative. However, they are a power source that holds the potential to be positive or negative, dependent significantly upon the person wielding it. Suddenly faced with unfamiliar financial burdens in my year in college and unwilling to relinquish a newfound sense of independence, I began a novice career as a camgirl. Nearly immediately, I was able to contextualize myself within the field of sex-work, aware of the sociocultural stigma associated with my work but unwilling to burden myself by it. Just as art had always been a crucial form of communication and self-expression, seduction emerged as a relatively newfound, and yet still overwhelmingly powerful, channel for defining and conveying my identity as a woman. Through webcam work, my grossly disempowering fear of losing my independence was transformed to a conversely empowering sense that I had found my lifes work.Seduction is art, and art is seduction. My initial experience on a cam site was one in which I was thrown to the proverbial wolves and charged to defend myself, and defend myself I did. While I was affected by derogatory remarks and the socially supported stigma associated with what I was doing, I was more affected and shaped by my ability to not only heal these wounds but become fueled by them. In the three years since I began my work as a camgirl, I have found what works for me and what does not, what empowers me and what robs me of my power.Emerging as most integral to my work has been forging connections between creative expression and sex-work; this, to me, is my truest path. In using aerial silks, creative lighting, and still photography, I am able to combine seduction with creativity and, more saliently, use what I know to help others and inspire other women in my field to feel empowered to express themselves. In embracing vulnerability as not necessarily an antonym to empowerment, I have found that my most important lifes role, thus far, is to charge myself to honor my own truths, seek out my own power sources, embrace the meaningful connection between sexuality and creativity, and how figuring out how this can affect others positively. I have fostered my success now with my friends in my room, as a graduate of a Fine Arts University, prosperous cam-girl, woman strong in her powers of seduction and a loyalty and compassion for others. After all, life is too short to live under others negative expectations. Before we can care about others, which includes respect, compassion, empathy and kindness, we need to be grateful and happy to be exactly who we are.