Natalie Tyler Tran (born 24 July 1986) is an Australian online producer,[2] actress, comedian and writer from Sydney who uses the handle communitychannel on YouTube.[3] Her videos are a mixture of monologue and sketch and have been described as "charming, quirky and hilarious," and have garnered her a large following of over 1.76 million subscribers and 562 million views.[4]
Early life and education
Tran's mother and father, both refugees who left Vietnam for Australia in 1981, previously practiced law and literary lecturing, respectively.[5] After they resettled in Sydney, however, Tran's mother found employment in the postal service, while her father became a public school teacher.[5] Tran credits her parents for making the success she has enjoyed possible, once writing that they both "endured so much to give my sister and I great lives."[6]
Tran was raised in Western Sydney, where she studied at the Meriden School in Strathfield.[7] After high school, she pursued teaching for two years before switching to, and later completing a degree in, Digital Media at the University of New South Wales.[5][8][9]
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