Twitch is an online interactive live streaming service where streamers can broadcast their games, music, IRL and sports in real time with an active chat of international viewers.

Alanna debuted their streaming career in March 2018 with League of Legends and quickly switched over to broadcast music as their fan base grew. Since then, they’ve amassed a loyal following of over 49,000 people who tune in for their music, art, gaming, cooking and variety streams. They have an online jukebox of over 400 songs, including dozens of original compositions, that viewers can tip to request to be performed live during their stream.

Twitch has allowed Alanna to transform their life, by reaching a global audience with their music while working from the comfort of home. As a person with disabilities, Sterling has found that this career path has enabled them to overcome many barriers they’ve faced in order to flourish as an established artist and content creator.

Alanna excels in using their talents to give back to the community, with a passion for advocacy for mental health, LGBTQ+ and BIPOC folks, and animals. Using Twitch, Alanna has been able to raise thousands of dollars for charity through their community through music performance, giveaways and random nonsense that viewers can trigger by donating. Over the past few years, MermaidUnicorn has supported The Trevor Project, various disaster relief funds, Black Lives Matter organisations, HeartSupport, Mermaid’s Gender, and the Ottawa Wild Bird Care Centre.

To support Alanna’s streams, you can follow their channel and tune in live at MermaidUnicorn’s channel. Streams are absolutely free to view and participate in. If you’d like to contribute financially to the development of Alanna’s music career, you can do so by subscribing to the channel for $5USD/month, tipping online through PayPal, or Twitch’s anonymous virtual currency known as bits. 

To connect with the Twitch stream community, lovingly known as the Mermaid Brigade, you can join the discord and participate in voice chat and message threads. Everything from tattoos to mental health chats can be found in the community! You can also opt in to be notified of stream schedules and real-time pings of when Mermaid goes live.