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Faith Agee

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Bio

People ask me to pick one thing. Everyday someone is trying to understand how my brain works and I've decided that I can't tell the world, I have to show the world. I have a unique way of viewing the world. I'm constantly drawing parallels between everything. My dream career is to be a full time actor, a screenwriter, philanthropist, fashion designer, author, director, cooking-show host, retreat host, tantra teacher, and general mentor to underprivileged minorities. When people look at me now, they are surprised to hear that I served six years in the Navy as a Nuclear Machinist's Mate. They are surprised to hear that I was adopted out of foster care with all five of my biological siblings. We were adopted by a single mother. A hair-dresser. My adoptive mother, who is the only person I call mom, showed me that literally anything is possible. Her dream was to raise us kids and make a beautiful family. She did that. Now I'm in Hawaii using my VA benefits to follow my dreams. I'm here learning everything I can. I'm using the university as my day job while I build my dream career. Many people don't have the opportunity to get paid while they go to school. That's a philanthropy I would love to build, especially for artists; performing and physical artists. When I'm not at school creating a play or film, I'm at home writing my book. If I'm taking a break then I'm swimming in the ocean or planning my next trip. Currently, I'm preparing to study abroad in Paris. I'll be obtaining my French minor while doing so. I've decided I can do nothing less than follow my heart

Education

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Bachelor's degree program
2022 - 2025
  • Majors:
    • Film/Video and Photographic Arts
  • Minors:
    • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Motion Pictures and Film

    • Dream career goals:

      Actor, entrepreneur, fashion designer, screenwriter, author, and chef.

      Sports

      Swimming

      Intramural
      Present

      Arts

      • AAFTA

        Acting
        2021 – 2022
      • UH Manoa

        Acting
        Contributor to the production Unspecified
        2022 – Present

      Public services

      • Volunteering

        Seattle Unity — Trustee
        2021 – 2022

      Future Interests

      Advocacy

      Volunteering

      Philanthropy

      Entrepreneurship

      Taylor J. Paul Arts and Media Scholarship
      For most of my life, I told myself that I couldn't pursue my dreams. I became a Nuclear Machinist's Mate in the Navy and that set me up for a life in the operations and technology field. After I left the military I spent six years in that industry. I worked as a Field Service Engineer for Lutron, a Data Center Operations Engineer for Amazon, and a Global Program Manager for Microsoft. With each job, and each year that passed, I grew more and more unhappy. I knew I was meant for something more, for something else but I had no idea what that was. When COVID-19 hit, I was faced with many hardships. The stress of my global role tripled, and I became more depressed everyday. I sat alone in my luxury Seattle apartment wondering what the point of it all was. So at the end of 2020, I quit. I thought I'd become a life coach. I actually paid $18,000 to learn how to be a life coach. I spent a year trying to build my business, only to find that I completely despised what I was doing. I still felt as though I was missing the mark. Later that year, I found an intuition training that changed my life. In that course I participated in exercises and meditations that connected me to my heart, spirit, and soul. When I came out of the first course, I didn't want to admit how deeply I wanted to be a fashion designer, author, and performing artist. I spent the next year fighting my intuition, my gut feeling. I spent most of 2021 lost, wondering how I could ever have such big goals and dreams. They felt completely impossible. Thankfully, I had a friend and coach who woke me up. "If not now, when?" No one else was going to share my message. No one else was going to represent me. I had to represent myself. It was extremely confronting, admitting how badly I wanted to pursue my dreams. When December of 2021 came around, I visited Hawaii for the first time and I knew I had to move there. It was February when I applied for UH Manoa. I realized I could use my GI Bill to earn income while I learned the skills I needed in order to direct, act, and design. It seemed so obvious but it took me over a year to realize it. Once I finally started down the path, I realized there was no turning back. As so many greats have said before, I'm willing to die trying to make my dreams happen. I don't anticipate any such sacrifice ever being necessary, but I think my point is made. If I don't live for my dreams then I really feel as though I have nothing else to live for. I spent 31 years living someone else's dream and I have vowed to myself that I'm not willing to compromise who I'm meant to be any longer. I'm here to be an artist. I'm here to help people accept their sexuality, I'm here to help people understand all aspects of themselves on a deep level. It's with this mindset that I know I'll achieve my dreams. I'm here for my heart, and my heart wants to help the world unlock theirs.