Please Help Michelle Be Great Again
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Greetings my Friends!
I am Michelle Torres--Aka Melena Star an Actor. This as a very meaningful and necessary campaign for me at the moment. The difference in just getting the little extra push I need to Succeed, and of course keep helpin others whom call me because they are in need is well. I have done a lot of this lately and I need to get ME back ahead.
I was born Sheila Montez (an August "Leo") in Galveston, TX. My Life started out difficult; I was adopted at the age of four and grew up in a very mentally and physically abusive household in the small west Texas town of Uvalde. I took part in several school plays, the choir, 4-H, and was involved in band--I played trombone in my junior high and high school years.
However, there wasn't anything that really captivated my attention for very long and I had to escape a life that would eventually drown me with no way out. Not content with small-town life, I moved to San Antonio, Texas, and dreamed of bigger and better things. I worked numerous jobs in San Antonio, including waitress and assistant manager at a health club, and while working there I met a Scandinavian businessman, got married, had my first son and moved to Europe. This would also be the first of three abusive marriages and travels to three different countries before settling back in the US.
I was restless and, having wasted so many of my years in an abusive childhood and abusive marriages, I finally made a choice to enroll in college in 2007 in Mississippi. My goal was to make a better life for myself and my three children. I took many classes, at first concentrating on Medical Transcription. However, as luck would have it, I was given a chance to work as a movie extra in neighboring Louisiana. New Orleans was becoming the new "Hollywood South", having a chance to reinvent herself after the tragic Hurricane Katrina in 2005. New Orleans would be the future shooting location of many new movies and a new era. I was also introduced to "Indies", or independent films and short films. This would ignite my love for acting, a kind of self therapy from my stormy life and I enrolled in Theatre at my local community college. I have finally found what my niche in life is, or my purpose and will continue to be, even if it did take a little time getting here. However, it is has been a very challenging career since starting out in 2011. It has been hard work, and not at all glamorous and as an actor that is passionate about my craft, I sacrifice every day. I am an up and coming actor and i try to share my knowledge of what i know and have learned with other actors. Ultimately i want to give back what i never had. A voice... A Voice for Children and a Childrens Rights Advocate so that "No Child Must Suffer".
At this point after starting over so many times in my life trying to finally get it right.. I am at a point where I no longer have any resources. It is a fight and the struggle is very real Every day. I have no vehicle now , and I desperately need one. I owe tickets. New Orleans has turned into a cesspool of crime and filth and every time I walk out my door I'm afraid for my Life. Work has been slow, Tourists have stopped coming. Movie work has tremendously slowed down due to the tax credits. I'm barely making anything Bartending at my new Bartending job i have had for only a few months. I had a good Bartending job prior to this one but Thanks to getting sexually harassed by more that one person there I had to quit. I'm also owed for numerous days on a Movie Production that has promised to pay for four months now, and still nothing on that as well. At least I could have used that for the rent this month.
So here I am trying to provide my kids with a better life but virtually impossible with no vehicle . And now I'm having trouble paying my rent with no clear options in sight, considering I have no Family either. I am a very Positive person and never like to say the word "can't", but it is virtually impossible getting ahead in my situation. I just need a little help raising some money to pay up my tickets , a new ride.. or a new "Used" ride, fees, taxes, Insurance etc... And some money to help what this months rent so I won't be homeless in the next couple days. I'm not giving up , I just need a little help Please and Thank You. Like I always say "Success is the Only Option!".
I and my kids would appreciate ANY kind of help, ANY amount, so we can get ahead once and for all and we can be Happy again. Thanks so much in advance for your Compassion and Caring. Peace and Love
Sincerely,
Michelle Torres
I am Michelle Torres--Aka Melena Star an Actor. This as a very meaningful and necessary campaign for me at the moment. The difference in just getting the little extra push I need to Succeed, and of course keep helpin others whom call me because they are in need is well. I have done a lot of this lately and I need to get ME back ahead.
I was born Sheila Montez (an August "Leo") in Galveston, TX. My Life started out difficult; I was adopted at the age of four and grew up in a very mentally and physically abusive household in the small west Texas town of Uvalde. I took part in several school plays, the choir, 4-H, and was involved in band--I played trombone in my junior high and high school years.
However, there wasn't anything that really captivated my attention for very long and I had to escape a life that would eventually drown me with no way out. Not content with small-town life, I moved to San Antonio, Texas, and dreamed of bigger and better things. I worked numerous jobs in San Antonio, including waitress and assistant manager at a health club, and while working there I met a Scandinavian businessman, got married, had my first son and moved to Europe. This would also be the first of three abusive marriages and travels to three different countries before settling back in the US.
I was restless and, having wasted so many of my years in an abusive childhood and abusive marriages, I finally made a choice to enroll in college in 2007 in Mississippi. My goal was to make a better life for myself and my three children. I took many classes, at first concentrating on Medical Transcription. However, as luck would have it, I was given a chance to work as a movie extra in neighboring Louisiana. New Orleans was becoming the new "Hollywood South", having a chance to reinvent herself after the tragic Hurricane Katrina in 2005. New Orleans would be the future shooting location of many new movies and a new era. I was also introduced to "Indies", or independent films and short films. This would ignite my love for acting, a kind of self therapy from my stormy life and I enrolled in Theatre at my local community college. I have finally found what my niche in life is, or my purpose and will continue to be, even if it did take a little time getting here. However, it is has been a very challenging career since starting out in 2011. It has been hard work, and not at all glamorous and as an actor that is passionate about my craft, I sacrifice every day. I am an up and coming actor and i try to share my knowledge of what i know and have learned with other actors. Ultimately i want to give back what i never had. A voice... A Voice for Children and a Childrens Rights Advocate so that "No Child Must Suffer".
At this point after starting over so many times in my life trying to finally get it right.. I am at a point where I no longer have any resources. It is a fight and the struggle is very real Every day. I have no vehicle now , and I desperately need one. I owe tickets. New Orleans has turned into a cesspool of crime and filth and every time I walk out my door I'm afraid for my Life. Work has been slow, Tourists have stopped coming. Movie work has tremendously slowed down due to the tax credits. I'm barely making anything Bartending at my new Bartending job i have had for only a few months. I had a good Bartending job prior to this one but Thanks to getting sexually harassed by more that one person there I had to quit. I'm also owed for numerous days on a Movie Production that has promised to pay for four months now, and still nothing on that as well. At least I could have used that for the rent this month.
So here I am trying to provide my kids with a better life but virtually impossible with no vehicle . And now I'm having trouble paying my rent with no clear options in sight, considering I have no Family either. I am a very Positive person and never like to say the word "can't", but it is virtually impossible getting ahead in my situation. I just need a little help raising some money to pay up my tickets , a new ride.. or a new "Used" ride, fees, taxes, Insurance etc... And some money to help what this months rent so I won't be homeless in the next couple days. I'm not giving up , I just need a little help Please and Thank You. Like I always say "Success is the Only Option!".
I and my kids would appreciate ANY kind of help, ANY amount, so we can get ahead once and for all and we can be Happy again. Thanks so much in advance for your Compassion and Caring. Peace and Love
Sincerely,
Michelle Torres
Organizer
Sheila-Michelle Torres
Organizer
New Orleans, LA