When I first started YouTube, I was using an old computer that I had had in high school that stayed with me through college that was on its last leg. The boot-up was, like, 25 minutes. Rosanna Pansino More Quotes by Rosanna Pansino More Quotes From Rosanna Pansino Baking is one of my many hobbies. I was originally introduced to baking as a child by my grandmother. I continued to bake for friends and family throughout the years for special occasions. I began to create themed treats after receiving continued requests from a lot of my friends. Rosanna Pansino child baking friends family I enjoy music and cooking and cartoons and many other things. Rosanna Pansino things enjoy music cooking The content I create reflects my personality: goofy, fun, positive, a bit clumsy, family-friendly, educational and helpful. Rosanna Pansino create personality fun positive I love being supportive of other YouTubers because I know how much work and dedication goes into building a channel, and I think that the community on YouTube is just so important because the viewers get to be a part of what you're creating. Rosanna Pansino you community work love Just to see if I liked vlogging, I uploaded a video of my sister and I cleaning up a river in a canoe for Earth Day. The sound was horrible, and the quality was horrible... But you have to blog what's interesting to you and not care what anyone thinks. Rosanna Pansino river day you quality The first time I ever got recognized, I was at Chipotle eating a face full of burrito, and a fan started filming me and said, 'Oh my gosh, that's the girl from 'Nerdy Nummies!' They kind of waved a little, and I waved back with a burrito in my mouth. Rosanna Pansino face me girl time I've always been interested in music. In high school, I did a lot of musical theater, and I loved it. Rosanna Pansino loved high-school music school I really like baking, and I really like playing video games. I saw a few geeky baking blogs but I never saw a show on television or on the Internet like that. So I thought, 'Why not be the first to try it out?' And it went really well. Rosanna Pansino video-games thought baking internet My tutorial videos are educational, but they're goofy - I'm just being myself. Rosanna Pansino videos being myself being-myself When I meet viewers in person, it always seems to be entire family units. Rosanna Pansino meet person always family Sometimes I'll get ideas in the middle of the night. Sometimes at 3 in the morning I'll get up, and I have a notebook by my bed and have to write it down. I'll dream an idea. Sometimes I see an image online, and I think, 'OK, let's make that a three-layer cake!' Rosanna Pansino cake morning sometimes night I never focus on success; I only focus on listening to my online community and being consistent. Rosanna Pansino never focus community success My manager and fellow YouTuber, Mike Lamond, encouraged me to start a YouTube channel as a way to practice speaking, entertaining, and being more comfortable in front of a camera. In the beginning, I used an $80 dollar flip-camera and edited every episode myself. Rosanna Pansino camera beginning myself me As soon as I starting making YouTube videos, I received so much positive feedback from the online community and a demand for more content. As time went on, my filming schedule became more consistent, and it made sense to hire some help and upgrade my equipment. Rosanna Pansino youtube community time positive Inspiration for my 'Nerdy Nummies' videos comes from all over. Many of the ideas originate from the games, comics or movies I'm excited about. My family is really creative as well and are constantly sending me their thoughts. Rosanna Pansino thoughts me family ideas I've worked since it was basically legal to work. I was a waitress on and off for eight years. I worked at Sears; I worked at Abercrombie folding clothes. My dad really instilled good money management habits, and I've saved 10 percent of my paycheck, every paycheck, since I was 15. Rosanna Pansino good clothes money work I always believed in the YouTube community and myself. I saw something there. The most difficult thing was others not believing in me. I had a lot of friends in Los Angeles who really thought I was crazy for leaving a steady acting job to start on YouTube. Rosanna Pansino myself me community crazy As I continued to make content, a lot of YouTubers from within the community reached out and said, 'Hey, you're doing a great job. Would you like to do a collab? Can I help you out in any way?' Rosanna Pansino job great you community I moved to L.A. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do, but I really like the entertainment industry. I started to make videos on YouTube to get more comfortable being in front of the camera. The first video I filmed was with my sister. Rosanna Pansino youtube camera sister entertainment Baking has always been one of my many hobbies. After I uploaded my first baking tutorial video, I got a really positive response from the online community, and they started to demand more videos like that. Rosanna Pansino always baking community positive
