CORNER TALKS

Nick Benitez, entrepreneur and hair studio owner, discusses the challenging yet rewarding process of co-founding a hair studio business, Hair Anatomy, with his highly ambitious girlfriend in Montreal, the assurance to be greatly successful deriving strictly from an ability to wholly invest in yourself, and the accumulation of personal experiences that served as a continuous reminder to be utterly autonomous of your choices in life.

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Jacob Racco, podcaster and content creator, discusses promoting journalism through the enactment of podcasting rather than limiting its practice to an academic institution, developing an unconventional podcast called Down To The Wire with close friend, John Bals, to establish an engaged social community of pop culture enthusiasts, and converting the negative criticism from viewership into constructive feedback that can assist in refining the meaningful purpose behind their creative endeavour.

YouTube Channel: Daniel Calderone

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Joe Bigioni, writer and director, discusses cultivating a close professional relationship with highly regarded film producer, Eric Tomj, that led to the independent production of The Only Way Out Is Down, applying consistent levels of intensive discipline throughout his entire writing process in order to successfully execute on this creative endeavour, and hiring several friends and relatives as the cast and crew of this vastly ambitious project to shoot on the locations generously offered by the local businesses from their hometown in Markham.

YouTube Channel: Daniel Calderone

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Kevin Guo, podcaster and salesman, discusses rejecting a conventional career path enforced by his immigrant parents in an effort to seek fulfillment within his own visionary endeavours, ambitiously challenging himself to develop a prominent social cultural community by co-founding a podcast called Kill Your Pride that explores such subject matter, and constantly identifying your own meaningful purpose to mitigate the persistent fear that shrouds the arduous path of a creative.

YouTube Channel: Daniel Calderone

Instagram: @d.calderone

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Maria Frankis, actress and model, discusses her incessant calling to become a performative artist since she was a child growing up in a small town from the United Kingdom, seeking out other creative disciplines like modelling to expand her professional artistic opportunities, and cultivating a confident attitude that allows her to unapologetically express a proud individuality across social media.

YouTube Channel: Daniel Calderone

Instagram: @d.calderone

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Michael Gilbert, videographer and photographer, discusses embracing the highly volatile music industry even when it often conflicts with his conservative upbringing, consistently educating himself on YouTube in order to enhance his abilities that make him more incisive amongst his creative peers, and developing a close personal relationship with acclaimed rapper, Swae Lee, from establishing a behind the scenes vlog series that documents the talent’s extremely eventful career.

YouTube Channel: Daniel Calderone

Instagram: @d.calderone

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Derek Delson, filmmaker and photographer, discusses his relentless yet sentimental pursuit toward an artistic career as a paying tribute to his late father’s endearing love for cinema, implementing the intrinsic values and talent from legendary filmmaker, Steven Spielberg, to effectively define his storytelling trajectory within the entertainment industry, and the intricately detailed craftsmanship from the highly involved collaborations that resulted in the completion of his three acclaimed short films including The Cross Universe Telephone Service, Celluloid Dreams, and Here Today.

YouTube Channel: Daniel Calderone

Instagram: @d.calderone

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Alexandra Palma, actress and artist, discusses exploring her ambition toward the performative arts by utilizing her master’s degree to integrate qualitative research academics with applied theatre, discovering a substantial community of like minded creative individuals from working on set across big studio productions within Toronto, and understanding the fundamental success of the contemporary artist to closely associate their professional brand with content creation throughout social media.

YouTube Channel: Daniel Calderone

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Andrea Vera, actress and writer, discusses enrolling in drama class to overcome an unfortunate battle with depression during high school, vastly expanding her opportunities in acting from her union membership into the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), and fully channeling her own vulnerability to ultimately achieve optimal creativity in her poetry writing and character portrayals.

YouTube Channel: Daniel Calderone

Instagram: @d.calderone

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Obi Obikudu, actor and filmmaker, discusses applying the rigorous training from martial arts to discipline his skills in the performative arts, actively adopting a positive outlook to openly embrace the challenges often encountered from pursuing roles in the film industry, and the definite experience in his career after portraying the lead role in the short film I wrote and directed called Demon.

YouTube Channel: Daniel Calderone

Instagram: @d.calderone

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