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| ON THE RISE<br />
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT<br />
Ella Livingston<br />
Sixteen-year-old San Luis Obispo High<br />
School senior ELLA LIVINGSTON is<br />
counting the days before heading off<br />
to the bright lights of New York.<br />
What sort of extracurricular activities are you involved in? I’ve<br />
been very involved in both the theatre program and choir program<br />
since middle school, and I joined the high school film production<br />
club in my sophomore year.<br />
What are your interests? I’m the co-president of the school’s Drama<br />
Club, and president of the Film Production Club. I also really enjoy<br />
performing and entertaining, and find almost every form of the<br />
entertainment business to be very interesting.<br />
What’s going on with you now? I’m getting ready to direct one of<br />
my first musicals at school with auditions coming up in a few weeks.<br />
I’m also working on getting college scholarships, and setting up a<br />
great year for both drama and film club.<br />
What career do you see yourself in someday? I see myself<br />
somewhere in the entertainment business. I have been interested by<br />
many of forms of the business ever since I was little. Writing songs<br />
when I was little, singing, acting, performing, working behind the<br />
scenes, and filming. I love it all.<br />
What has influenced you? I was born and raised in Ireland, and we<br />
moved to America in 2013 and that really has helped me to mature<br />
and grow, and turn me into the person I am today.<br />
What are you looking forward to this year? We have a good set<br />
of shows that we are doing this year with the <strong>SLO</strong>HS Drama<br />
Department, and film ideas with the Film Production Club, which<br />
I’m both excited for. I’m also really excited to start college.<br />
If you could go back in history and meet anyone, who would it be?<br />
Although it is not that far back in history, I would love to be able to<br />
meet Ella Fitzgerald. My parents named me after her and we share<br />
a birthday. I think it would be so cool to sing with her, or to just talk<br />
about her profession.<br />
What schools are you considering for college? I actually got<br />
early acceptance into the American Musical and Dramatic<br />
Academy last April, and I committed there right after summer<br />
ended. So I’m heading to New York City for college! <strong>SLO</strong> <strong>LIFE</strong><br />
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40 | <strong>SLO</strong> <strong>LIFE</strong> MAGAZINE | OCT/NOV <strong>2018</strong>
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