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Natalia Mogollon, better known by her screen name, “Alinity,” owes a lot to video games — more than most people ever could.

“(Games) really, literally saved my life,” the 29-year-old says.

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As Alinity, Mogollon is currently one of the most famous and successful live streamers — people who broadcast playing their video games for an Internet audience — in Canada. It’s her full-time profession, one she never imagined she’d have.

“This is my passion … I’ve gamed my whole life. I’ve always loved games,” she says with a wide smile.

Born in Colombia in 1988, Mogollon was fortunate enough as a child to have access to a few games on an old computer, and then later a Game Boy and Super Nintendo console. She got into online gaming — specifically, the famous World of Warcraft, still one of her favourite games — while studying medicine in university.

In the end, it was a boyfriend she met online who convinced her to come to Canada, but when they separated before finalizing the move in 2010, she came to Saskatoon instead of Toronto. She started streaming while enrolled at the U of S College of Nursing in 2012, and became a full-time live streamer at the end of 2014.