
Elaine Del Valle
Actress & Producer
Del Valle Productions
Long Island, NY USA
“I am Brownsville bred, but I will not be defined. I won’t allow people to define me; I define myself. My actions define me.”
Del Valle Productions
Long Island, NY USA
“I am Brownsville bred, but I will not be defined. I won’t allow people to define me; I define myself. My actions define me.”
Actress & Producer
I am a producer, actress, writer, and director working to increase diversity in entertainment.
As a casting producer, I spend my days meeting with a bunch of actors and actresses, running lines with them and interviewing them to see if they are right for the projects I'm working on. I tend to juggle multiple projects all at once from whatever film / TV projects I'm producing to writing books, plays, and screenplays, and occasionally auditioning for acting roles. It's a lot of meetings and communicating with people working on projects with me and pitching those projects so they can get made.
Here's the first step for high school students
Go to college. It doesn't matter what you study, but it is such an important part of being a well-rounded person. Be sure to take an accounting class, a finance class, and a writing class, because those are skills that everyone needs. Get to know the people around you and network.
"You need to quit school and go study how a man acts. "
Overcoming barriers as a first-generation college student