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Not being financial stable nor not being able to provide the proper funds to help my family.

A defining moment in my life was when I decided to pursue music. I have been recording music on and off for the past several years. I also envied artists that displayed multiple talents and skills such as Jennifer Lopez, Lady Gaga and Janelle Monae which is why I’m passionate about pursuing both music and acting. I recently performed at the LATIN PLUG music festival at the Cachet Boutique organized by Mauricio Vega; late October. I had such a blast!

Hello My name is Kelly Alejandra Cantoral and I am a singer, actress and producer from NYC. I am signed to GLITTER TALENT agency. I have always been passionate about performing, creating art and collaborating with other artists. I have booked multiple projects as an actor but also have produced various short films because I really enjoy bringing art to life.

I am just now wrapping up post-production for my second feature ‘The Last Conception’ a comedy commissioned by author Gabriel Constans. The movie stars Nazanin Mandi, Marshall Manesh and HQ Trivia host Matt Richards. You can keep up with Poison Pictures, Blue and me on these handles- IG: @poison_pic

Refrigerator magnets of the 50 states- that’s probably the lamest thing anyone could possibly collect but hey I always have something to hold up my daughter’s artwork!

You don’t have to be “nice” or “agreeable” just because you’re a woman, and on the flip side you also don’t have to be a hard-ass to prove anything! Be YOU, stand your grounds, and know you’re worth it.

Flying to London for the first time (on my birthday!) to watch the international premiere of my first feature film. We hadn’t marketed in the U.K. so there was hardly any-one in the audience, but it still felt like such a big important moment.

Like any filmmaker, especially females and people of color, the concern is to be given the chance to show what we are capable of. I’m so proud of what my team and I made for under 100k, but imagine what I could do with a budget ten times that! A lot of men are offered those kind of budgets right out of college after their first short film gets an official selection at a local festival. My biggest concern is that I’ll never get to prove what I could do with resources like that.

@poison_pic: What’s a defining moment in your life? Definitely the day we decided to shoot ‘Blue’ with only $50k. There was so much work to be done, so many people who doubted it was possible, and the margin of error was so, so thin (especially since we flew most of the cast and crew from LA to Ohio!) But the story sustained itself- our cast and crew were absolutely fantastic and the subject matter was so raw and relevant that it stood its ground. Now I think of all the people this movie has affected, the journey it took on the festival circuit, and our road to worldwide distribution- We never could have imagined any of this the day we decided to commit to Blue.