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I wanted to learn to use my words… which my sound very weird but, I was so shy and didn’t know how to take my experiences and use them for a greater purpose.

I think that’s one thing that really drew me to start acting in the first place. It was something that challenged me and took me out of my comfort zone because I never really had to use my words to express myself. I remember sitting in the back being so scared/nervous that my hands were wet. I ended up auditing the class (Lauren Patrice Nadler Studios) and joining the week after which changed my life forever. He moved out to LA a couple of years before, and although we didn’t speak, I researched what his journey was and stumbled upon a youtube video he made talking about this acting class. Jacob Artist who I used to dance with when I was teeny tiny and who appeared on Glee was a huge inspiration for me. I didn’t have any previous training, so this was sort of giving myself my own training.

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Student films, short films, little commercials, and basically worked for free for about the first year and a half to get my experience in-front of the camera while also juggling a part time sales job. I started off with any auditions I could get my hands on. I dropped my parents off at LAX and started what felt like endless hours of research, patience, and finding any which way to make my mark. To put it in short, I didn’t have a plan, BUT I had a dream, and I was going to make it happen. I felt like I had made a mistake… I didn’t know anyone, I didn’t have a job, and I had zero connections in the entertainment industry. I remember having this huge rush of emotions come over me when we first walked into my Airbnb studio apartment in West Hollywood. I was working at the college starring through the computer screen looking at my future when I realized “I need to just go!” I booked a one-way flight to LA on October 31st of 2014 and never looked back. I spent the next two years working at a boutique, nannying, and being a receptionist at a community college… ironic I know ha. That being said, I sat in my car for about 30 minutes mustering up the courage to call my mom and tell her I was dropping out of college to pursue something else. I tend to learn better from my experiences than a simple text book.

It wasn’t until the 4th day when I was sitting in my English class, I looked up and asked myself, “What am I doing here?” “Do I really want to spend the next four years of my life here?” I should point out I was never a school person. Visited college campuses, went to many dance auditions at different academies, and decided the University of Buffalo’s dance program was my best bet. So for a brief eight months, I took the easy route. It’s very tough sitting in my counseling appointments trying to answer these questions like “Where do you want to go to college?” “What do you see yourself doing?” “What score did you receive on the SATS?” I felt lost, broken, scared, and had no idea who to turn to. Well, graduation was slowly approaching and like most kids that age I had no idea what I wanted to do. I learned to challenge myself in a competitive setting and was given amazing opportunities like a trip to San Antonio Texas to march with the US Army All American Marching Band. I was still studying classical ballet on the side, but the guard was a new love of performing. It was not until middle school that I felt totally disconnected from people so, by my mother’s request, I joined my schools color guard team and never looked back. There, I learned about every dance genre from jazz, tap, ballet, hip hop, etc. To take you a little further back in my journey my love for the arts started when my mom put me in my first dance class at the ripe old age of three. I’ve been out in LA since 2014 and boy has it been a journey!! Back home in Buffalo it’s very rare and hard to leave that small bubble you call your comfort zone, but I made it my goal to push myself to places I never thought existed.

Today we’d like to introduce you to Fidelia Grace.įidelia, please share your story with us.

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