As a child, I used to build dolls out of napkins and pieces of string. It was my way of entertaining myself at the dinning table while I avoided eating. This is a true story, ask my mum.
Ever since then I have also been writing and drawing, and later when I was about nine or 10, I started making terrible indie movies with my Sony handycam, bossing around directing my friends in convoluted plots and pop-song-inspired choreographies. By the time I was 12, I was writing class plays loosely based on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Charmed, all while being a lead dancer at my school group and loving my pointe shoes (even if they made my feet bleed like I was in a freaking horror show.)
I don’t think it was a surprise to anyone when upon graduating high school, I decided to pursue creative studies and other endeavors.
Life happened and I moved countries (again, and again). After graduating from uni, I managed to land a job as a Writer’s Assistant, later moving on to become a proper Staff Writer on another TV show. While I was writing local television I was awarded a scholarship to go study in London, and when London calls? You answer. DUH.
Some time passed, oceans were crossed, and I was finally headed stateside for my MFA! YAY! …Unfortunately, the plot twist turned out to be that fate wasn’t on my side this time around. (P.S. The longer version of that story is a tale full of family drama and unexpected betrayal, but I’ll leave that for another day.)
There was heartbreak, depression and lots of soul-searching, but after a while I decided to become an independent artist/writer and I kinda love the possibilities this unexpected path offers me (even if that sounds waaaaay more glamorous than it actually is).
You can totes follow along as the adventure continues, and please keep your fingers crossed for there to be more TV writing in my future!
Yo hablo español / Eu falo português.
(And I’m also learning française and italiano.)