My childhood
When I was a little kid my mom always enrolled me in summer courses. Somehow the only thing I was doing were two things: art and sports. I remember my art classes very well. I went to ceramics, painting with chalk, drawing with pencil, experimenting with different materiales and canvas. Over the years It was so natural I used to paint my walls (my mom hated it), I draw fashion ads from magazines, I painted my self (make up and fake tattoos), I got always the best grades in arts in high school, and I just figure that I will study fine arts for my BA. I remember going to this well known University for arts in Lima and that’s it. I don’t remember more. My mom said I came back and said I didn’t want to study it anymore. I don’t remember why, but I stoped drawing since then.
I got in another university for communications. I passed through film, journalism, marketing and finally I decided social communication. I wanted to work with communities that did not have the same opportunities as me, specially with young people. I worked for different ONGs and loved it. The change came when I did my international exchange studies in Prague. I think a part of me, being breathing art all the time, remembered what I used to like. When I got back home I change my mind and the last term of university I try to study something of film. I did: production, art direction, still photography in film, editing and latinoamerican cinema.
Sometimes we don’t know what are we capable of doing until we actually do it. I had the best “mentors” I could have ask for. All the persons that I assisted were amazing. Specially one friend Marissa, one of the best production designer in Lima. She taught me a lot about everything of the film industry and how to think in a creative way.
I have seen a lot of storyboards and I am very happy for receiving that email that scared me a lot with more than 25 questions telling me In one of those “ if you are a student that can draw I imagine that you are planning to do it right?” or something like that. Well I did the first five and I feel so proud of my self. Drawing at the end worked, although I have 20 more to go.
