Bio

I only recently rediscovered my passion and desire to work in the film industry, which had been my dream as a child. This is my second time going to college - the first ended abysmally since I didn't have the discipline or motivation to succeed and probably should have taken several years off from school after graduating high school. Instead I joined UNCG as a communications major after much prodding from my parents, where I was told (along with about 200 other students in a large auditorium) that no one from that school had ever gone on to any success in the film industry. The teacher saying this was a miserable human being who clearly didn't want to see the youth he was entrusted to teach go on to greener pastures. Needless to say, I was incredibly discouraged, although with my lack of discipline I was doomed to fail regardless.

I went on to drop out of school after four incomplete semesters, then spent the next several years in a whirlwind of ups and downs, odd jobs, a little traveling, and getting to know myself. Finally I decided to go back to school, beginning with community college, and now here I am years later more motivated than I ever would have thought possible, and in my senior year of finally getting my BA all these years later.

I can't blame that teacher for my previous failures, but he definitely did contribute. Nonetheless, I believe failure and bumps in the road are an essential part of life, and after so many lows I can finally say I am on a definite upward trajectory over the past few years. This incredibly crude MS Paint drawing shows fairly accurately the last 10 years of my life (I turned 29 on Sunday), which has been quite a rollercoaster.