Payton Bernhardt

I was born in Brett Kavanaugh’s rural Christian wet dream (otherwise known as Texas) and quickly learned to dodge boomer men and their opinions with lighthearted jokes and toothy grins; so you can imagine why I think I would thrive in show business. Growing up an only child in a large German/Mexican immigrant family was lonely, and television was there for me through it all: painful middle school years, bad perms, student loan debt stress, closeted lesbian relationships, and everything in-between. The magic of storytelling gave me everything that was always just out of her reach in reality, and I can only hope to return the favor.