Welcome to Streamers on the Rise, where we find streamers who are growing their channels, content, and audiences in extraordinary ways. Each week we’ll talk with a creator about what goes into livestreaming–both on and off camera.

ClaraAtWork wasn’t in a great place.

She’d moved away from her family in California to live with her significant other in Hawaii, and things with the relationship had gone sour. But there was one thing keeping her spirits up: Twitch.

“One of my best friends had started streaming on Twitch, and I was like, ‘Okay, I’m going to sit here and just support him,'” she says. “It was my escape from what was happening in my real life. Just got involved in his community.”

Through that friend, Clara met another, and he ended up making her a mod over at his channel. Like many streamers, he held...