Nicole Russin-McFarland

Graduated from the University of Texas at Austin at age 19 in government pre-law with minors in history, Spanish, and journalism and high school at 16.

I started working when I was 13. Unlike most people you hear about, I didn't have magic fairy dust thrown at me. I had lots of circumstances that should have made me "make it" as opposed to halfway "making it." I've had everything go right the way it's supposed to and not see the same results as those famous stories we hear about in Hollywood, entertainment, media, and art in general. I realized if I had to do something big, I had to go out on my own, and that is what I'm doing now so that my music and filmmaking will finally be recognized. My motto is, "If you don't believe in yourself, no one will."