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How Twitch streamer Kaelena is using gaming for good

How Twitch streamer Kaelena is using gaming for good

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Need a breather from the noise of the world? Listen to Kaelena and watch as this self-proclaimed “comfortable, cozy” streamer guides you toward enlightenment and a life of purpose.

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Fundraising is the name of the game, and charity streaming has become the lifeblood for this social worker turned streamer who hopes her unique brand of compassionate relaxation can transform the gaming world one stream at a time. Kaelena, who asked that her identity remain anonymous, combines her passion for gaming with a deeper desire to help the world.

"[Streaming] was always in the back of my mind until one day I said you can't run away from this. I was so used to toxic masculinity in the gaming world as a woman that I thought [streaming] would be the same," she said in a phone interview with Lifewire. "But I made my channel and went live. I wish I hadn't waited so long, but I finally did it, and I'm glad I did."

The Wind City has shaped Kaelena into the woman she is today. The daughter of a civil engineer and hospital operator, Kaelena’s close-knit family and religious upbringing taught her the importance of community. At her private school in Chicago, where she attends under the Jesuit order, she learned the fulfilling power of charity. They taught her, the aspiring streamer says, a valuable lesson she’s taken with her and centered her life around: to be “a woman for others.”