In brief, I went to high school at L’Assomption College, which is a private school located in the city of L’Assomption, in the province of Quebec. Until the third year of high school, I was a Middle Years Program student, an enriched program created in order to develop the students’ knowledge, broadmindedness and creativity. We had much more work to do than the regular students and we had to give hours for community services. We went on a one-week trip to Edmonton in order to improve our English. Although this was an interesting program, I chose at the end of the third grade not to continue for two more years because I had no more spare time and really wanted a theatre course which was not offered to the MYP students. In this theatre class, I discovered just how much I am at ease in this universe. Two years later, I entered Lionel-Groulx College which I chose for its theatre program and improvisation teams. Not only do I like theatre, but I am skilful at acting. I also am very talented in writing and very proud not to make spelling mistakes in French because this is something that really bothers me when I find them in another’s text. What I mostly write is poetry, and there is rarely a defined structure. My dilemma is that there are two main things I like, and I am endowed at both of them. I am not sure what to give priority on anymore. For now, I think my passion for writing has exceeded my passion for acting, so I will probably study Literature at university. Then, if I feel like acting again, I will audition in a theatre school, with more life experience in my backpack.

In fact, there are many experiences that have brought me to acting and writing. I was mostly a scientific person until I started doing improvisation in my third year of hight school. I liked it very much, and this is the reason why I wanted to take a theatre course in the following year. Then, at the beginning of the fifth year, my Literature teacher subscribed the class to a writing contest. We had to write a ten-minute urban tale and two texts from the thousands sent by schools from Montreal’s surroundings were chosen by Denise-Pelletier Theatre to be played by professional actors in the show Les Zurbains 2005. My text was one of them. That is when I really gained confidence in my writings. At this moment, I am planning to participate in the poetry section of Radio-Canada’s literary contest.

Finally, what I want to do for the rest of my life may still not be clear, but I hope I will be able to live from my art, whatever it may be. I need to be in a creative space, alone or with enthusiastic people. If I have this chance, this would make me a very complete and happy person.