My first venture into the screen world was a bit of a dark one.

In elementary school, I had the opportunity to act in a short film for students at Seattle Central Community College: the story of a young boy who loses his lunch to bullies at school everyday and decides to take matters into his own hands by stashing a handgun in his lunchbox as a set up.

Despite the serious subject matter, shooting the film introduced me to a love for the cinematic process.