Ms. Jasmine Forsberg singer/actress

4/11/2025

Ms. Jasmine Forsberg

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends (Until Jun 15 2025)

c/o Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

261 W. 47th Street

New York, NY  10036

Dear Ms. Forsberg,

My name is Matt Winick, an Asian American from Ann Arbor, Michigan and I’m a fan of your singing. Some of my favorite songs that you sang were Halfway and Do you. Ms. Forsberg, you do such an excellent job singing because I like on how you make your songs have symbolisms like the need for love when times are hard, working hard to overcome different struggles in life, how it is important on  helping people or showing compassion to people who are different or when they are in a time of need, a strong need for friendships, and many others. Also another thing that I like your songs is how it has some messages about healing when times are hard, importance of kindness when people get mean, and many others.  Besides your singing career, I truly appreciate on how you are a strong supporter of civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights causes to reduce discrimination. Also on your activism, I like on how you support social justice causes, advocate for Asian Americans rights including Asian Americans with disabilities’ rights, and support environmental protection causes. 

Ms. Forsberg, I have autism with a learning disability. Having a disability is hard for me because I have trouble comprehending on learning different advance subjects, sometimes I struggle to communicate my thoughts, and get teased.  Another thing that I struggle with a disability is when other people including other adults get judgmental about me being different from them and have struggles to find different methods to improve myself. Also with my disability, I struggle in society including a work place or when I volunteer on trying to do fast pace on different tasks including understanding how to do task efficiently which causes people to get flustered at me. Also with my challenges, I have struggles on maintaining friendships when other people get judgmental about me having a disability or not meeting their expectations. Your advocacy for civil rights including people with disabilities’ rights causes really inspires me to work hard on my disability. Also being an Asian American with a disability is a challenge when some Asians and some Asian Americans get judgmental about me being different along with not meeting their standards.  Your role as an Asian American and being an advocate of Asian American with disabilities’ rights helps give me motivation to continue to be confident about being an Asian American with a disability.   Your songs that have some symbolism in life helps give me motivation to try to find different methods to improve myself or give me some comfort when I struggle in life. Also your activism on social justice causes inspires me to develop more of an interest in learning about social justice. In social justice, I like learning the importance of making civil rights stronger to reduce discrimination, protecting the environment from pollution, having criminal justice reform to help protect people’s rights while reduce crime, and many others. 

I strongly believe that you are a very talented singer. You do an excellent job making your songs have creativity and some messages about life. You truly inspire me to work hard on my disability, be a fan of your singing including your activism, be confident about being an Asian American with a disability, try to find different methods to improve myself when there are challenges in life, and be interested in social justice.  Also here is a small donation to help your activism. Thanks for taking the time to read my letter, working hard to make a great difference, and inspiring me.  Please continue to work hard to make a great difference. 

Sincerely,

Matt Winick