Jy Prishkulnik Instagram – One year ago, I attended my last class at UCLA before graduation. The next day, I received an audition request for a live action musical feature film called Monster High. Months later, I was welcomed on set by our brilliant director, and fellow Bruin, @toddholland3
My time at UCLA was non-traditional: I was a transfer student, a commuter, and spent a cumulative of about five and half months on campus before the pandemic sent us all to Zoom. I completed my entire senior year living in a basement suite in Canada. Despite this, I experienced exponential growth as a Bruin.
In addition to my full class load, I had the immense fortune of auditioning for and booking work. I marveled at how my academic studies often complemented my work as an actor. For instance, after analyzing and writing about the use of female power as displayed by the infamous witches of Shakespeare’s Scottish play, I got to portray a mischievous young witch called Luna on @justbeyondseries
There is not enough room here to express all of my praise for and admiration of the remarkable and engaged professors who nurtured interests that forged my path forward (especially my senior honors thesis advisor Professor @joseph.bristow). UCLA galvanized an amorphous part of myself which is that I’m a lover of learning and synthesizing storytelling, academia, and art.
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#ucla #classof2021 #englishmajors #bruins4life | Posted on 08/Sep/2022 08:55:20
