# firstWhere()
The firstWhere method returns the first element in the collection with the given key / value pair:
const collection = collect([
{ name: 'Regena', age: 12 },
{ name: 'Linda', age: 14 },
{ name: 'Diego', age: 23 },
{ name: 'Linda', age: 84 },
]);
collection.firstWhere('name', 'Linda');
// { name: 'Linda', age: 14 }