Theater Teacher debut

Wow....I know I haven't written in my blog in a while. In fact, a very long time. So much has happened and is happening. God...where do I start. Well o.k. I finally graduated from Brandeis University with my Masters of Fine Arts! So excited about that. I then moved to Jackson, MS to be closer to my family and landed a job at Power Academic and Performing Arts Complex. So I teach 4th grade through 12th grade theater. Cool...huh? And I finally got me a new apartment. It's so nice. And my episode I filmed in "Body of Proof" on ABC aired last Tuesday. It has been so crazy since then. News interviews and the newspaper. Everyone wants to know how a young promising actress ended up in Jackson, MS teaching public school. I wonder that sometimes myself. I wonder if I made the right decision. Should I be in New York or L.A. toughing it out until I make it 'big'. And I'm not sure of that answer just yet. But last week I had my students do a writing prompt. They had to write about the person or people that inspires them the most. And although, most people would assume that their students would write about them. I did not. I am a first year teacher and haven't had it easy. This job has proved to be extremely demanding and stressful. However, a young lady full of glitter and spark stood up and stated that I was the person that inspires her, because of my style, sense of humor, confidence, and talent. Now I stood there listening trying not to show any more attention to her story verses any of my other students. But it touched me...in a weird way. I was kinda uncomfortable because the truth is I question my style, feel awkward when I'm funny, have major insecurities, and struggles with not using my talent at the moment. But this young adolescence looks at me as if I got it together. And that makes me feel charged to be responsible and be what she think she sees. I may not know for certain if my decision to move back was the right one...but I know God is still using me. Thank you for the support, the warm wishes, texts, tweets, facebook messages, and phone calls to give me love and support. More to come soon...I promise. #The Acting Teacher Thats Still Learning.

P.S if you have seen the episode it is on ABC.com look for the episode called "missing"