#487

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MARTINA, BETTER KNOWN AS WALKER #487, IS A PASSIONATE AND DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE ALAN WALKER COMMUNITY. FROM A DEVOTED FAN TO AN OFFICIAL COMMUNITY MANAGER, SHE HAS SPENT YEARS SUPPORTING AND SHAPING THE WORLD OF WALKER. HER JOURNEY, FILLED WITH PERSEVERANCE, CREATIVITY, AND RESILIENCE, LED HER TO BECOME AN ESSENTIAL PART OF TEAM ALAN.

MARTINA’S STORY IS ONE OF INSPIRATION—PROVING THAT PASSION, HARD WORK, AND BELIEF IN ONESELF CAN TURN DREAMS INTO REALITY.

How it all started

IN EARLY DECEMBER 2015, MARTINA RECEIVED A MESSAGE FROM A FRIEND CONTAINING A LINK TO FADED BY ALAN WALKER. THE MOMENT SHE PRESSED PLAY, SOMETHING CLICKED. THE DEEP BEATS, THE UNIQUE ATMOSPHERE—IT ALL FELT FAMILIAR. QUICKLY REALIZING SHE HAD HEARD ALAN’S MUSIC BEFORE, SHE STARTED SEARCHING FOR MORE AND, JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER FADED WAS RELEASED, SHE OFFICIALLY BECAME A WALKER.

ALAN’S MUSIC, VIDEOS, AND THE BREATHTAKING PHOTOGRAPHY BY HIS TEAM AT THE TIME, ALEXANDER AND MO, BECAME A HUGE INSPIRATION FOR HER. THIS IS WHERE MARTINA’S ADVENTURE WITH PHOTOGRAPHY BEGAN—USING JUST HER PHONE. SHE STARTED SHARING HER WORK ONLINE, BUT NONE OF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT HER FRIEND OLIVIA, WHO SUPPORTED HER IN CAPTURING THOSE EARLY MOMENTS. GROWING UP IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE DREAMS WERE OFTEN MET WITH NEGATIVITY, MARTINA FACED CRITICISM. HOWEVER, SHE NEVER LET DOUBTS HOLD HER BACK. SHE FOLLOWED HER PASSION, NO MATTER THE OBSTACLES.

ONE DAY, ALAN WALKER AND HIS MANAGER, GUNNAR GREVE, NOTICED HER WORK. IMPRESSED BY HER PHOTOGRAPHY, THEY REACHED OUT TO HER, MARKING THE BEGINNING OF AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY. SHE SOON TRAVELED TO NORWAY AND ATTENDED HER VERY FIRST ALAN WALKER CONCERT AT THE ESKA MUSIC AWARDS 2016 IN SZCZECIN, POLAND. FROM THAT MOMENT, ALAN WALKER BECAME A DEFINING PART OF HER LIFE. SHE PARTICIPATED IN NEARLY EVERY COMMUNITY PROJECT, INCLUDING THE ALONE MUSIC VIDEO CHALLENGE, WHERE WALKERS WERE INVITED TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR OWN CLIPS. EVEN IF JUST FOR A SECOND, HER WORK MADE IT INTO THE FINAL CUT!

THROUGH THE DARKNESS

IN 2017, MARTINA FACED AN UNIMAGINABLE LOSS—THE PASSING OF HER FATHER.

GRIEF LED HER INTO A DEEP DEPRESSION, AND LIFE LOST ITS MEANING. IN THOSE MOMENTS OF DARKNESS, THE WALKER COMMUNITY BECAME HER REFUGE. ALAN WAS THE FIRST PERSON SHE SPOKE TO AFTER THE TRAGEDY. TWO MONTHS LATER, SHE ATTENDED HIS CLUB CONCERT IN WARSAW AND HAD A MEET-AND-GREET WITH ALAN AND HIS TEAM. THAT MOMENT GAVE HER THE STRENGTH AND MOTIVATION TO KEEP GOING.

SHE CONTINUED PURSUING PHOTOGRAPHY AND MET INCREDIBLE FRIENDS—WALKERS FROM POLAND AND BEYOND. SHE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN MORE OF ALAN’S PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE IGNITE CHALLENGE AND OTHER COMMUNITY-DRIVEN INITIATIVES.

HOWEVER, JUST BEFORE HER 18TH BIRTHDAY, LIFE DELIVERED ANOTHER PAINFUL BLOW. SHE DISCOVERED A TRUTH THAT SHATTERED HER WORLD, BRINGING BACK THE DARKNESS. FEAR TOOK HOLD, AND SHE WITHDREW FROM OTHERS, LOSING TRUST IN THOSE AROUND HER. WORST OF ALL, SHE ENTERED A CREATIVE CRISIS AND STOPPED PURSUING HER PASSIONS. DESPITE THIS, SHE REMAINED DEVOTED TO THE WALKER COMMUNITY.

BIRTHDAY PROJECT FOR ALAN

JUST BEFORE ALAN’S 22ND BIRTHDAY, SHE AND A FRIEND CAME UP WITH A SPECIAL IDEA—A BIRTHDAY PROJECT FOR ALAN. IT STARTED AS A SIMPLE VIDEO COMPILATION OF MESSAGES FROM WALKERS WORLDWIDE. THE PROJECT WAS GIVEN TO ALAN IN PERSON AT FEST FESTIVAL 2019 IN POLAND, AND TO THEIR DELIGHT, HE LOVED IT. ALAN SHARED THEIR WORK AND PERSONALLY THANKED EVERYONE INVOLVED. THIS SMALL IDEA GREW INTO A TRADITION, A PROJECT THAT WOULD CONTINUE FOR YEARS, HELPING WALKERS CONNECT WITH THEIR IDOL IN A MEANINGFUL WAY.

DREAMS COME TRUE

WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT, THE WORLD STOOD STILL. TO RECONNECT WITH PEOPLE, MARTINA TURNED TO STREAMING ON TWITCH, WHICH HELPED HER REGAIN CONFIDENCE. AFTER A LONG BREAK FROM PHOTOGRAPHY, SHE WAS GIVEN AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY—TO PHOTOGRAPH ALAN WALKER DURING HIS CONCERT. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT SHE ALSO COVERED THE ENTIRE FEST FESTIVAL 2021, INCLUDING ALAN’S PERFORMANCE. IT WAS A DREAM COME TRUE.

SHORTLY AFTER, SHE MOVED TO WARSAW TO STUDY LOGISTICS IN COLLEGE, BUT HER JOURNEY IN THE WALKER COMMUNITY WAS FAR FROM OVER. IN JUNE 2022, ANOTHER DREAM BECAME REALITY—SHE FINALLY VISITED OSLO AND MET GUNNAR GREVE AND KRISTIAN BERG IN PERSON. A FEW MONTHS LATER, SHE WAS GIVEN YET ANOTHER INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY: PHOTOGRAPHING ALAN’S CONCERT IN KRAKÓW. FOR THE FIRST TIME, SHE TRULY FELT LIKE A PART OF TEAM ALAN.

IN OCTOBER 2023, EVERYTHING CAME FULL CIRCLE. AFTER YEARS OF DEDICATION, MARTINA OFFICIALLY JOINED ALAN WALKER’S TEAM AS A COMMUNITY MANAGER — A ROLE SHE HAD BEEN STRIVING FOR SINCE 2016. THIS REMAINS ONE OF HER GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS, A TESTAMENT TO HER PERSEVERANCE AND UNWAVERING PASSION

"ALTHOUGH BEYOND THE PERSONAL MILESTONE, WHAT TRULY MATTERS TO ME IS HAVING THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO DISCOVER WALKERS, SHOWCASE THEIR TALENTS AND PASSIONS, AND CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM—BOTH WITHIN THE WALKER COMMUNITY AND ALONGSIDE ALAN HIMSELF. FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, MY MISSION HAS BEEN CLEAR: TO MONITOR, IMPROVE, AND CONNECT THE WORLD OF WALKER, BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THROUGH CREATIVITY AND OUR SHARED PASSION FOR ALAN’S MUSIC. NOW, I HAVE THE CHANCE TO MAKE THAT VISION A REALITY AND CREATE UNIMAGINABLE THINGS ALL TOGETHER WITH WALKER."

A MeSSAGE TO WALKERS

"REMEMBER, WALKERS ARE NEVER ALONE, DESPITE LIFE THROWING SOME PAINFUL LESSONS, BUT IT MAKES US WHO WE ARE AND LEADS US TO THE PLACE WHERE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE’S ALWAYS SOMEONE OUT WHO WILL BE THERE FOR YOU AND WILL GUIDE YOU INTO THE LIGHT FROM THE DARKNESS. EVEN THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS ARE TO OVERCOME. NEVER GIVE UP. SHOW THE WORLD JUST HOW STRONG YOU ARE! DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND MAKE YOUR DREAMS A REALITY"