Totem Star Lights the Way for Seattle’s Next Generation of Music

“Who scored? Messi?”

The query echoes off concrete walls and exposed support beams, as Daniel Pak, Paul Laughlin, and Amr Awwad huddle excitedly around Laughlin’s phone, watching the final minutes of a World Cup match. It’s early December, and it’s chilly in the King Street Station construction zone that will eventually become the home base for youth music mentorship nonprofit Totem Star. It’s what brought the three men together today.  

As the match wraps up, Pak, Laughlin, and Awwad sit down with Totem Star mentor Amy Piñon, assistant program coordinator Christina Nguyen, and alt-pop artist Aleyanna Allgood for lunch. Cofounder and executive director Pak

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