Emman Atienza, the daughter of Filipino television personality Kim Atienza and a social media star known for her lifestyle videos from the Philippines, has died. She was 19. <\/p>\n
Atienza died by suicide in her Los Angeles home Wednesday, according to the L.A. County medical examiner\u2019s website. <\/p>\n
\u201cEmman had a way of making people feel seen and heard, and she wasn\u2019t afraid to share her own journey with mental health,\u201d her family wrote in an Instagram post<\/a> announcing the influencer\u2019s death. \u201cShe brought so much joy, laughter, and love into our lives and into the lives of everyone who knew her. … Her authenticity helped so many feel less alone.\u201d <\/p>\n Born Emmanuelle Atienza, the rising TikTok star had relocated to Los Angeles from her native Philippines over the summer, according to Deadline<\/a>, and her most recent social media posts offered glimpses into her new life in and around the city. <\/p>\n In addition to posts that showed her enjoying nightlife or rock climbing, Atienza would also discuss mental health and her political beliefs. In a video<\/a> she posted to TikTok in August, Atienza spoke about how \u201cmisunderstood and misrepresented feminism is\u201d on social media, calling out certain \u201cgirlboss\u201d trends as being \u201cmisogyny packaged into a pink sparkly bow.\u201d She had also addressed<\/a> how \u2014 because the Philippines is such a conservative country \u2014 she would receive death threats for her \u201cleftist\u201d beliefs.<\/p>\n \u201cTo honor Emman\u2019s memory, we hope you carry forward the qualities she lived by: compassion, courage, and a little extra kindness in your everyday life,\u201d Atienza\u2019s family Instagram post, signed by her father, mother Felicia and siblings Jose and Eliana, concluded. The caption accompanied a gallery of family photos. <\/p>\n