Chelsea Makela was born and raised in the small Northern California agricultural community of Brentwood. She currently resides in Los Angeles. As a child, Chelsea enjoyed exploring her town, competing in local talent shows, and swimming competitively. As a young teen she sang at the iconic Carnegie Hall in New York City, among other renowned venues, with a select group of singers. Directly after graduating valedictorian of her high school class, Chelsea was called to play lead "Tracy" in Paramount's "Dance Flick" with the Wayans Family. Following her press tour, Chelsea filmed the series lead in the teen sitcom pilot "Aloha", playing "Yasmine", an ultra eco-friendly, beach loving, hippy… teen. Chelsea also appeared on various television shows such as Zoey 101, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Teen Nick, and in the "Got Rights" campaign with Courteney Cox. In addition, she was the narrative voice for the UK Build A Bear stores and multiple audible books. Recently a film she starred in, "Stitches", aired on Magic Johnson's network ASPIRE receiving various accolades and honors from the network. After reaching 14 years of having a bill of clean health, Chelsea decided it was time to share an intimate story regarding her personal life in order to help a community that doesn't always get a voice in the media. As a child, Chelsea was diagnosed with cancer; her family and tight knit community surrounded her at this hard time to help her fight the disease. She has been cancer free for over 14 years now. This experience is what inspired her to create stories and resources to help other families going through medical treatments and diagnoses. Chelsea has been heavily involved in helping survivors, families, and current patients of pediatric cancer her whole life. You can learn more about Chelsea at: www.chelseamakela.com