def METHOD_NAME(filename, height):
    # Make memory buffer
    mem = io.BytesIO()
    # Convert SVG to PNG in memory
    cairosvg.svg2png(
        url=filename, write_to=mem, parent_height=height, parent_width=height
    )
    # Convert PNG to Numpy array
    img = Image.open(mem)
    # Split the channels, get just the alpha since that's what we need
    red, green, blue, alpha = img.split()
    # Convert the alpha to 1 and 0 (black and white)
    alpha = alpha.point(lambda x: 0 if x < 128 else 255, "1")
    if debug:
        alpha.show()
    return numpy.array(alpha)