Andrea C. Vilarino: Learning Journal Assignment II


What is your unique gift? – Do you believe in it enough to invest everything you have in it?

  • My Singing Voice and Special Effects Makeup Artist. Well the Makeup Artist, I believe is going so well than I imagine. How much I dedicated my time to work hard to become more professional. Just days ago I finally got one of my dream job to work in Syfy film when I first arrive at NY. The Musical Theatre/Performer career I’ll keep on auditions for shows that i’m interested but, I’ll try to audition for short film and movie film.

What difference are you trying to make in the world? – How passionate are you about doing this?

  • The difference I want to be successfully do to change the world I want to show the world that you don’t have to be unique with one thing you can multitask so many other talents you have to and try your best to be more open to other awesome opportunities.

How do you define success for yourself? – What challenges do you face in order to create success?

  • I’m a successful as Sfx Makeup Artist and a side of Musical theatre or film actress. The challenges is the location, the auditions, screen auditions, etc..

What is career vision and a mission?

Can you innovate and creates value and successfully communicate that value to intended audiences?

  • Yes, because both of my unique talents are intended to be educational and inspirational for others so yes I would love to be successfully communicate how much I value my dedications to educate audiences.

Do you have a positive attitude?

Have you set your goals? What is your road map to success? Can you set inspiring and realistic goals?

  • Yes, I feel like I have reasonable plan and goal that shows the same amount of success I want to accomplish. Second I feel like road map of success is to keep on developing my skill to become better at my career as Makeup Artist while I audition for musical, plays and film while, I work part time as a makeup artist for a Fillm or Musicals/Plays.

Do you have and/or acquire the necessary expertise to actualize your vision?

  • Yes I do, I have trained myself to keep on dedicating myself to become better than other no matter what.

What are your priorities? Can you set priorities?

  • It’s to keep on doing what I love without giving up.

What opportunities are you looking for? What opportunities are you creating or intend to create?

  • I’m searching for any for Musical Theatre performances to audition in but, for the Makeup Artist career I found two job opportunities in New York and California, also got offer 2 more jobs one in New York and the other one in Atlanta that I may do in summer in a famous Netflix series called “Stranger Things” as an assistant makeup artist.

How comfortable are you with uncertainty? What risks are you willing to take?

  • I know it won’t be easy I will get lonely and sad, felt like giving up at a point but I knew eventually I’ll never give up on my dreams. The risk is I have to be away for my parents and I can’t dependent of them. Is gonna be hard because, I’m super attached to them is true.

When facing challenges, do you persevere or do you walk away?

  • I’ll take the challenge, I’ll face it.

What experience have you learned the most from?

  • I have learn by listening and see video of makeup artist and singers. Also some show it’s helps me learn just by giving my opinion on them.

What actions are you taking to realize your vision? Are you consistently taking action?

  • Doing more makeups for my page, doing performances, auditioning for community theatre and plays so I can expose myself.

How well do you put things in context? Are you able to easily respond to changes in your environment? What’s your best example?

  • It’s going to be hard for me to adapt in both locations because their really different than Jacksonville and Puerto Rico but, if i distract myself with doing what i love i’ll be ok.

What is your plan to continually grow and evolve? How have you grown or evolved in there past year or three?

  • My voice has change dramatically and it made feel more confident of myself of finding my own voice. Makeup I’ll keep on doing more challenging new paintings that I have never tried and keep on creating more of it.

How easy is it for you to reach out to others to ask for support and to offer help?

  • It’s easy State and Puerto Rico because, I’ve already have friends doing the same thing but, thanks to one of my friends in New York, she got me a job to work on her film to work as an actress and makeup artist. Same as a recent film I worked as a Makeup Artist for Alex Willemin film that will be presented next year at JU Film Festival.

How are you inspiring others to join and/or support your mission in order to create a financially sustainable enterprise that allows you to live your gift and contribute something valuable to society? – If you aren’t currently, how do you intend to?

  • I have some people back in Puerto Rico that gave me a loan of money for equipment. Also there is also a makeup artist called Joy Stephen, she works for broadway Musicals and sh wanted me work for her as an assistant learning her techniques. At the same time she is spreading my name to other makeup artist by showing my work on face and instagram. This include the people from the series Strange Things that they contact me to work for them this summer in Atlanta (paid job), than after ill see what my future holds after that either in California or New York.  

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