Inspiration Week, Part 2

Let's keep this inspiration week rolling.....Next up......




Fadhia Marcelin

Fadhia and I also met in Ivana's class.  Oddly enough, Kevin was her first scene partner and then me.  Coincidence?  Anyway...Fadhia and I became quick friends.  Her warmth and joy are qualities that people are immediately drawn to and I was not immune.  The more time we spent together rehearsing, we'd find that we talked more than we rehearsed.  What could have been a simple partnership resulted in a very true friendship.

Fadhia did something kind of amazing this year.  She had some very specific goals in mind and decided to do something about it.  She wanted a new commercial agent, she knew exactly who she wanted to sign with and she wrote down her goal.  Guess who she is working with now?  That very agency.  Guess what else she did?  She booked the first commercial they sent her out on.  That is how you do it!  She only recently signed with them and she just booked her second job.  We had a meeting set up this week and we needed to reschedule because she is shooting that day.  That is the kind of hustle that I find very inspiring.  She also started a production company with a group of friends and they wrapped their first project this past weekend.  Focus, determination, follow-through.  Keeping busy, keeping focused, keeping motivated.

Fa is the type of friend that is constantly supportive and encouraging growth.  She and I have been working on The Artists Way together, meeting once a week to check-in.  We work on each chapter on our own time and then provide accountability along the way.  We're halfway through and I am not looking forward to it ending.  I think we're going to have to we keep our weekly meetings after we're done!

Fadhia is an example of grace and the power of self-will and I am lucky to count her as a friend.

Fadhia's IMDB page is http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3043762/ .