We had the good fortune of connecting with Rania Maisonneuve and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Rania, how do you think about risk?
I feel like if you don’t take a risk is it something that you really want? because if it’s something that you’re really passionate about you’re going to have to take a risk at some point and if you’re willing to take that risk then that’s how you know this is something you’re really passionate about I’ve taken a lot of risk in my life because I will do anything to make my dreams and career become true.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
I’m an upcoming actress and model in Boston Massachusetts and I feel like what sets me apart is I am not the average height that a model is typically because I am 5’4 but it isn’t impossible for me to model but I could say that it hasn’t been easy. I would say my journey has been rough but eventually everything will pay off. I have done a lot of auditions, and of course have been rejected, but that is normal in the industry, but I know one day I will get that yes because I have once before and it just takes time. So I would say it hasn’t been easy for me and there has been a lot of challenges but this is something I am extremely passionate about and I know it will take time so in the meantime, I’m just going to try to improve myself and my portfolio. What I’d want to share to everyone that is trying to get into the industry. It is going to be hard, but nothing is impossible because anyone can get into the industry.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I would say that one person in my life that had boosted up my confidence to make me believe that my dreams can become true is my mother, because I was only a little girl, and I already had goals for myself, and even though I was young, she believed in me and took me to New York as a kid to follow my dreams and now that I’m older I really see that she did everything for me because she believed in me and now I’m 21 and I’m seeing progress but I still have a lot of work to do and if it wasn’t because of her I probably would’ve gave up.

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