While there in Berkeley, they joined the DIY/punk/feminist/artist space Gilman Street Project, studied improv acting in Laney College, and played in several punk rock bands, including The Gr'ups and Cypher in the Snow. In an article in LA Times Sea noted that when they left LA for the Bay Area, as many queer and trans people did in the pre-internet early ‘90s "[they] found a community in punk that helped [them] become a working artist at the age of 19, touring internationally with an East Bay punk band the Gr’ups, and organizing with both the Gilman Street and Q-TIP, Queers Together in Punkness, collectives."
While residing in Berkeley, they affiliated with the DIY/punk/feminist/artist space Gilman Street Project, pursued studies in improv acting at Laney College, and participated in several punk rock bands, including The Gr'ups and Cypher in the Snow. In an article in LA Times Sea noted that when they left LA for the Bay Area, as many queer and trans people did in the pre-internet early ‘90s "[they] found a community in punk that helped [them] become a working artist at the age of 19, touring internationally with an East Bay punk band the Gr’ups, and organizing with both the Gilman Street and Q-TIP, Queers Together in Punkness, collectives."