I had a long career navigating the treacherous waters of the Hollywood film industry, working in a high-stakes, high-paying, high-pressure job dealing with toxic executives, demanding actors, and competitive colleagues. Eventually burning out on this brutal and often unethical environment, I dropped out and went on an epic adventure spanning 4 continents and almost 10 years.

 Believing I hated my job and the toxic industry I’d been working in for years, I ran away with the intention of never looking back. I truly thought I wanted nothing to do with filmmaking. I didn’t understand that despite all the nastiness surrounding me in Hollywood, the film industry was lodged in my heart and leaving it all behind wasn’t gonna happen no matter what continent I was on.

 Despite running far far away, it came back to bite me in the ass while I was living in Warsaw, Poland. I ended up creating a niche business, working with professionals in the film and photography industries by developing their conversational English, teaching them industry specific terminology, and training them in standard Hollywood filmmaking techniques.

 And culminating in a collaboration with a renowned Polish film producer who hired me to conduct filmmaking Master Classes for industry professionals in Kiev, Ukraine, I brought Hollywood to Eastern Europe.

 It was the most gratifying and rewarding thing I’d ever done in my life, and it was something far beyond anything I could ever have dreamed of. Possibilities and potential lie in the unknown - the place that’s beyond whatever we think we already know.

 Once we get that the ‘un’ in unknown is the same ‘un’ in unlimited, our lives take off in directions we never dreamed existed, and our soul glows as we align with our purpose, radiating confidence and trust, fearlessly facing uncertainty, and being our authentic selves.

 Along the way, I discovered my unique brilliance mentoring filmmakers by teaching Film Production Master Classes that explain the nuts and bolts of shooting movies, TV shows, short films, documentaries, and commercials.