Ironmouse is a Puerto Rican-American VTuber, singer, and Twitch streamer. Active since 2017, she has been a founding member of the VTuber group VShojo launched in 2020. With over one million followers on Twitch, she is the most-followed English language VTuber on the platform. She also has the record for the most subscribed female streamer on Twitch.
Ironmouse originally planned to pursue a career as a coloratura soprano opera singer but was diagnosed with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), an immune disorder that has left her largely bedridden and isolated. This required her to remain isolated from others, a situation which intensified in 2020 amid the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2017, she began to pursue a career as a streamer instead, as she was "lonely and wanted something to do" Hesitant to use her real face online, she was inspired by the Japanese entertainer Kizuna AI, the first YouTuber to refer to themselves as a "virtual YouTuber"—to stream with a digital avatar to conceal her identity.
From early in her career Ironmouse has been keen on educating more people on CVID and PI, in an interview with plasma-hero she said "At the time, I think I was so worried I didn't realize how talking about it could raise awareness; I don't make my illness the main focus of my content, but I do speak about it from time to time for education and awareness and to explain why I may not be feeling my best at times". On August 4, 2021, she held a charity event for the Immune Deficiency Foundation (IDF) and raised over $100k. This caused many creators like CDawgVA to follow in her footsteps and raise more money for the charity. She also did a 30-day subathon in June 2023, where she donated half of all the subscription income to the Immune Deficiency Foundation.
Ironmouse also has raised a significant amount of awareness for donations and the importance of plasma, she stated in an interview with plasma-hero "I know so many people encourage blood donation, and I want to make sure I can reach as many people as I can to tell people about living with a PI and donating plasma. I want more people to know that we are here and we need support, but I also want people to know that they are not alone."
She used her platform to encourage more people to donate plasma and her efforts were well received as more people started to donate plasma, as she quoted in an interview with Dexerto "It's really nice to be able to see so many people tweet at me every time I donate plasma, which is something I never saw before, It's just really nice to see the reception that everyone has given me, and the fact that people wanna know more about it, and people wanna donate plasma, and people wanna help out because it's a rare disease, and not a lot of people know about it."
this is why Ironmouse one of my Oshis, cares and she is continuing to fight this disorder every day while raising awareness of CVID, PI, and IDF. She earned my support and respect, and one day I want to meet her.
anyway, VShojo actually did their first concert not too long ago, so please listen to this song and check out their other songs, please thank you!
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