# @harvard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CdRfW8Ju45_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/21647643-harvard-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-05-07T22:17:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Harvard University (@harvard) — https://gondola.cc/harvard

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Julia Riew was on a pre-med track before figuring out she needed to change course. Exploring her long-held love of musical theater, she realized she was more drawn to the stage than medicine, but didn’t see it as a practical career path. "I procrastinated doing my life sciences homework by writing musicals,” she said.

Julia wrote her first Harvard production — the first-year musical “Hitched” — in 2018, and co-wrote a musical about a Chinese American teenager preparing to leave home for college called “The East Side” in her sophomore year. She also co-founded the Asian Student Arts Project, a pan-Asian campus organization.

For her senior thesis, Julia wrote an original musical called “Shimcheong: A Folktale,” which features a Korean Disney princess she created. Since releasing her first video about it, which was hugely popular on TikTok, she has received notes and support from all over the world, extensive media coverage, and an agent.

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We're showcasing some of our amazing #Harvard22 graduates. 

Photo: Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer

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