The word 'Ariana' written in brown cursive font on a black background, referencing Ariana Abellana.

  • From Asia

    I’m Ariana Abellana. I was born in LA, but I grew up with two kinds of lullabies. My dad’s stories from the Philippines, full of warmth and ocean air, and my mom’s Korean ballads that played softly through our house. Between them, I learned what it means to carry more than one home inside you. My childhood was filled with color and contrast. Karaoke nights, quiet Sundays at church, and long hours spent drawing or sewing costumes on the floor. I think that’s where my love for softness began — in the gentle places where music, memory, and make-believe met.

  • A portrait of a young Asian woman, Ariana Abellana, with long black hair, red lipstick, wearing a black halter dress with a V neckline, and small hoop earrings, against a plain white background.

    To Los Angeles

    I still live here, though the city feels different now. Bigger, faster, louder. My days are a mix of classes in digital media, small café performances, and late-night edits for my cosplay shoots. LA has this strange kind of magic. You can disappear into it or let it teach you how to stand out. My fashion has become a kind of language. Oversized sweaters, pleated skirts, pastel boots, pieces that let me feel brave without being loud. Sometimes I still feel like that shy girl from her parents’ karaoke nights, but here, surrounded by neon skies and midnight boba runs, I’ve learned how to turn that quiet into a kind of light.

  • A young woman, Ariana Abellana, with long dark hair smiling, wearing a cream-colored dress with puffed sleeves standing against a dark background.

    Into The Page

    I write because it’s the one place where I can be both — the dreamer and the girl just trying to understand herself. In my series, LA Solo, I turn my love of fandom and feeling into small worlds made of words. Reflections on identity, tenderness, and how it feels to live halfway in between. I don’t write to confess, I write to remember. To notice the ache in something beautiful. To stay connected to both sides of me — the Filipino warmth that feels like home and the Korean grace that taught me to hold silence with care. The page is where it all meets. The color, the courage, and the quiet I’m still learning to love.

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“Sometimes I pretend I’m someone braver. Then I realize I already am.”

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  • Ariana Abellana, a woman with dark hair in a pink sequined dress and black jacket standing with arms crossed on a neon-lit city street at night.
  • An illustrated woman, Ariana Abellana, with long hair wearing a white dress and sandals, holding a small bag.
  • A young woman, Ariana Abellana, with long dark hair smiling, illuminated by pink and blue neon lights, wearing a metallic dress and a delicate necklace.
  • Illustration of a woman, Ariana Abellana, with long wavy hair, wearing a dress, kneeling on one knee, with a small shoulder bag, and a bow in her hair, set against a dark background.
  • A young woman, Ariana Abellana, with long dark hair looking at the camera, illuminated by colorful star-shaped light projections on her face and body, with a background of more star shapes.
Text reading 'Read My Story' in cursive font on a white background.
Illustration of Ariana Abellana, in a dress making a heart shape with her hands, with some palm trees and the Hollywood sign in the background, for her Los Angeles-based LA Solo literary romance series.

LA Solo

Follow Ariana Abellana in Los Angeles, where the spotlight is bright but her secrets are darker still. She writes of solitude turned sensual, of love that begins in whispers and swells into something reckless. In her diary, LA is where fantasy writes itself.

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A sign-off from Ariana Abellana, text saying "Always, Ariana" in cursive font on white background.