I remember having friends in high school that did the theater department stuff, and I always wanted to try it but never had the guts to. I was the class clown but could n...

My dad remembers being in school with my uncle, and the teacher would say outright to the class that the Japan...

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I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was...

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I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college,...

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I really started dreaming... and broke out of my shyness when I got to Howard University. My first acting class was an Intro to Acting class with Professor Bay, who reall...