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Check me out on @hidiveofficial in My Gift LVL 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed In a Backwater Dungeon. I’m Out for Revenge! A huge thanks to the director, @kyle.colby.anime for bringing me on to voice Muste in My Gift! and sound engineer @kay.g33 for making me sound all purty! Having my first named character involve a fight scene, makes me remember my time as a kid. I remember watching Dragon Ball and Naruto, and going in my back yard, screaming and yelling my head off, kamehameha this, rasengan that. I really don’t know what to say, other than that I’m incredibly grateful to have gotten this opportunity, especially with talented folk! Michael Wronski alongside me was absolutely incredible, and I’m lucky I got to act to such a great performance. Edited by the ever lovely @natalydevous

Casting call! Audition linked in Bio!

Yesterday, I heard my voice in an officially released dubbed episode of anime for the first time, so it feels appropriate to *finally* post this. ☺️ Another long, sentimental post ahead, so for those of you who'd prefer not to read all that, I'll keep this first part brief. Daniel and I are excited to announce that we are voice actors at Sentai Filmworks!! You can hear us on @hidiveofficial in Sword of the Demon Hunter, 2.5 Dimensional Seduction, I'm Living with an Otaku Neet Kunoichi!?, and *soon* in Rock is a Lady's Modesty as various WALA + background characters. Thank you to @sentaifilmworks and all of the directors and engineers who have given us the opportunity to work on these projects. ❤️ Okay, now for the sappy stuff. I vividly remember the first time I watched anime. I was 11 years old, sitting by myself on the school bus. My best friend texted me a link to a show called "Tonari no kaibutsu-kun." "It's in Japanese," she said, "but you can watch it with English subtitles." As soon as the theme song played, I was hooked, and that show led to an obsession with shōjo animes and manga (and a short-lived attempt to learn Japanese). I didn't have anyone to share this interest with until I met Daniel, who introduced me to the shōnen anime he grew up watching. Together we've binged Naruto, Dragon Ball, DBZ, Death Note, Vinland Saga, Gurren Lagann, Attack on Titan, Mob Psycho, Berserk, and dozens more. For the past 4 years together, acting in shows like these seemed like a pipe dream, but now that dream has become a reality that has left us both so humbled, grateful, and excited for what's to come. Glory to God! - tags - #anime #englishdub #voiceactor

It's one thing to follow a dream, and another to follow it alongside someone you love. ❤️ It's insane to look back and see how far we've come together. From doing theater together at Lone Star College in 2020, to entering the professional theater world in 2023, shifting into short films in 2024, and now professional voice acting in 2025, there hasn't been a step we haven't taken in tandem. All it takes is one person that believes in you and cheers you on to achieve the impossible. I thank God every day because Daniel is that person for me. Okay, enough of my sappiness! A huge thank you to @tashagorel for these beautiful headshots. - tags - #actor #actorheadshots #growth #couple #levelup

New York is actually full of quiet people, the advertisements and intercoms and loud city weren’t as loud as the silence I heard from people on the trains, the busses, working as much as they could to get here, and so many also working to get out. The interactions with people I had during my last days meant the world to me, and reminded me that it’s okay to be quiet, but not stay that way too long. Silence is a slippery slope into darkness, I’m thankful my wife is my lighthouse. The films I viewed and filmmakers I met at @tribeca invigorated my spirit, and I’m overjoyed that good film is very much alive, even if not highly advertised. It’s been real NY, I learned a lot.

Sergio Leone, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam… David Lynch’s Crazy Clown Time?!? What could this possibly mean? Come find out @axelradhouston June 4th, 7pm! DP + Editor + Flyer for this post - @the_primal_realm Poster by @_austinmcleod_

What a wild ride film has been, the collaboration I’ve experienced with such extremely talented, disciplined, and intelligent individuals is profound. Here’s to the features coming up. 🫡 ♟️🛌👣🏴‍☠️

It’s finally about time I did this. I won’t say much, but grab some rum.

So blessed to have had the opportunity to work with this whole cast and crew. Some of the most fun I’ve ever had as an actor; even more fulfilling to have done an original work by a female playwright in our very own city! I genuinely can’t wait for the next one, and seeing all of the company in the theatre world! Thank you @havenartstheatre and @elizabethkeel13

I can’t believe how fast this all went by… I’m so thankful to have been with such a positive cast and crew. I was nervous to begin acting again, and had so much fun doing tech work, I thought I’d never try again. Thanks to the wonderful @natalydevous for pushing me, I got that chance again. I loved working with you all, and it was just a beautiful reminder that art doesn’t have to be a stressful challenge; but lovely and joyful. Thank you. @mst_houston Instagram wouldn’t let me use the full size image so I’m sorry some of y’all got cut out of them! Here’s to the next. 🦁 Photos by: Art Ornelas / Ricornel Productions.