I have many duties as a new eighth grade student at  Miami Country Day School. Assignments, making friends, and adjusting to the campus are some basic tasks I need to do.

As well as my passion for school, I love to act, and I was recently asked to take on the role of Abigail in The Devil’s Trap, a horror movie directed by Mike Mendez. It was an opportunity I could not pass up.

The film took up to 3 weeks to film, and is currently in production. Taking on this role also meant taking risks, and although it was difficult at times, I can say it was very much worth it.

Missing school made it challenging to keep up with my school work. I learned online and all of my courses were on the school website (such as the topic pages and assignments).

There were days when it felt like my brain was going to explode, but with time it got better. By the third week I learned to constantly multitask between my school work and acting.

Social life was another challenge that I learned to manage. Although I missed my school friends, a family was built within the cast members.

My schedule for three weeks was rigorous. Every morning I woke up at 8:00- 9:00am, had breakfast, and did some homework.  Then I went to work somewhere around 1pm. The cast worked hard, and we often filmed for 12 hours a day.

Almost every work day we left around 1-5 am. In fact, the earliest I remember ending was 9:00 or 10:00pm.

I was very lucky to have met some wonderful and well-known people in the film industry.  I always wondered how they behave outside of movies, as well as their techniques, which I had learned a lot from.