My first sentence was "me do it", and I have always gotten a thrill out of living through first-hand experience, whether that would be touching the iron after my mother's warning that it was hot, taking up motocross, or living the life of a character in completely different circumstances than myself. I was adamant about doing things myself and pushing the limits. In fact, if you were to ask my parents their key words to describe me, they would say "mischievous", "determined", and "stubborn", key traits that have bled into characters I embody as an actor. As a child, my imagination was wild and untethered, and I constantly created stories in my head. My first theater was the living room in my parents' house that looked out onto the sprawling front yard and the street. I became a devoted storyteller, even if I was the only one there to speak and listen.