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Actor. Coach. Mentor.
● Based in London, Ontario · Working across Canada & the U.S.
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Born in Mexico with El Salvadorian blood, raised in London, Ontario. I was the kind of kid who'd take your lunch money and buy everyone ice cream with it. I had a science degree from university, was supposed to become a doctor, and I was absolutely miserable.
But something kept nudging me. Then came a university play. Romeo. I won best actor that night, and everything shifted. I dropped everything, moved to Toronto, and did unpaid student films. Couldn't rub two nickels together but I was the happiest I'd ever been.
My first day as an extra on Flashpoint, a director told me I was just an extra, to stand there and don't do anything. I swore in that moment I'd never be in that position again. Three years later, I was a guest star on The Firm working with that same director. The respect changed everything.
I've worked my way up through Reacher, Nobody, Black Summer, and Fahrenheit 451 alongside Michael B. Jordan. And every step along the way, someone gave me a shot. Someone believed when I didn't. I would rather die trying. I'm going to make it or I'm going to die. One way or another.
Now I give back everything I've learned. Because every person who helped me along the way is the reason I'm here. That's what mentorship means to me.
Stop performing versions of yourself. The camera doesn't want your idea of the character. It wants you. Your fear. Your joy. Your damage. The moment you stop pretending and start existing in the scene, everything changes. That's where real acting lives. Not in the technique, but in the surrender.
Most actors obsess over the mechanics. Line delivery. Blocking. Eye lines. But the actors who book? They've done the inner work. They walk into the room already believing they belong there. Confidence isn't cockiness. It's a conscious decision to stop apologizing for your talent and start owning it.
If you never booked another role in your life, would you still be happy? That question changed everything for me. Because when the desperation leaves, what's left is presence. And presence is what books rooms. The actors who make it aren't the most talented. They're the ones who refused to stop.
The Artist
Black Summer
Portrait
On Camera
After Hours
Off Duty
Every actor who walks through my door has talent. That was never the problem. The problem is what sits between the talent and the camera. These are the principles I teach because they're the principles that changed everything for me. Read them slowly. If something hits, pay attention to that.
Most actors walk into a scene trying to add something. More emotion. More intensity. More "performance." That's the problem. On camera, truth is already interesting. The moment you try to show the audience something, you lose the reality of the moment.
The goal is never "how do I make this scene good?" The goal is "what is actually happening to me right now?" When you answer that question honestly, the scene takes care of itself.
Actors get stuck because they think they need to become someone else. They try to invent a personality, create a voice, layer on behavior. But that approach produces characters that feel constructed rather than lived in.
The real work is simpler and harder at the same time: respond truthfully under the given circumstances. If the situation is real to you, your behavior will take care of itself. You don't need to build a character. You need to let the character's world change you.
The harder you try to cry, be intense, or be emotional, the more artificial it becomes. Because real emotion doesn't look like effort. It looks like something happening to you. It arrives. It doesn't get manufactured.
If we can see you "trying," we stop believing you. The actors who move us are the ones who appear to be doing nothing at all. They're simply present, and the emotion passes through them like weather.
Actors chase emotion. That's why they get stuck. Emotion is not something you produce. It's something that happens when you're available enough. So instead of asking "how do I feel this?" ask "what am I resisting right now?"
Because the block is usually control. Fear. Self-awareness. The voice in your head watching yourself perform. Remove that, and emotion shows up on its own. You don't need to push. You need to let go.
The fastest way to separate yourself from 90% of actors in any room: actually listen. Not "wait for your turn." Not "prepare your next line." But let what the other person says affect you. Let it land. Let it change you.
Because that's what real people do. And that's what casting notices instantly. The actor who is truly listening looks alive on camera. The actor who is waiting looks dead.
The moment your focus becomes "do they like me?" or "is this good?" you're no longer in the scene. You're outside it, watching yourself, managing perception. Casting can feel that immediately. It reads as performance, not presence.
Your job is not to impress casting. Your job is to live truthfully in the moment. Let them decide what they see. The actors who book aren't trying to prove anything. They're simply being. And being is magnetic.
This is the biggest shift. Control looks like planned beats, forced emotion, rehearsed delivery. Surrender looks like unpredictability, real reactions, moments that feel discovered rather than designed.
Bad acting is control. Great acting is surrender. When you stop trying to steer and start trusting the moment, something alive enters the work. Something that can't be planned. That's the thing that makes a director lean forward. That's the thing that books the room.
Based in London, Ontario and Toronto, Think & Flow is where working actors sharpen their craft and emerging actors find their voice. This isn't a class. It's a development space built on real-world experience, real industry connections, and real results.
Multi-week intensive programs designed for serious actors ready to go deeper. Scene work, self-tape mastery, emotional access, and camera technique in a focused group environment.
Intensive sessions featuring industry guests, casting directors, and working professionals. Mock auditions with real-time feedback. The closest thing to a live audition without the stakes.
Private sessions tailored to where you are right now. Whether you're prepping for a specific audition, building your reel, or finding your lane, this is focused, personal, and results-driven.
The audition room has moved to your living room. Learn how to own the self-tape format: framing, reader dynamics, emotional preparation, and the technical details that separate booked actors from forgotten tapes.
Take 60 seconds. Answer honestly. Find out what's holding you back.
Black Summer
Portrait
Portrait
Off Screen
Four weeks of real, hands-on training with a working, two-time award-winning actor. Break the habits holding you back, learn to work truthfully on camera, and build the presence that actually books. This is a room where you do the reps, get honest feedback, and level up.
Every actor walks away with a professional headshot video demo for their portfolio — a real, on-camera piece you can send to agents and casting the moment the workshop ends.
Build your foundation the right way from day one, with someone who has actually done it.
Sharpen your instincts and push your ability to the next level in a focused, high-rep room.
Casting a role or bringing a two-time award-winning actor onto your project? Reach out directly, he works across Canada and the U.S.
One-on-one, built around exactly where you are. Prepping an audition, building your reel, or breaking through a plateau.
Ask about the September 30th, 4-week workshop in London, Ontario, dates, pricing, and holding your spot.