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	Sheridan Mouawad Age, 18 From Sydney, Australia. Currently in Singapore. Entertainer
	Quote	Trust in yourself and your ability.
	Passion	My passion in my life is to entertain people and inspire in them all levels of emotion, which fuels my dream of becoming a Broadway singer, dancer and actress.

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My Life Story My name is Sheridan Mouawad. I'm 18 years of age and I am an Australian with a very proud ethnic Lebanese background. I had a traditional upbringing of discipline, culture, family ethics, religion and morals of life. My family is a large part of who I am. My three brothers, mum, dad and I, are all closely tied in our own individual ways. My parents influenced a large part of my confidence and self-esteem. Having supportive, diligent and proud parents is the key achievement for a child who has high expectations. Many individuals of my culture may be shocked at my choice of direction in my life and may find it difficult to understand my passion for the entertainment industry. Yes! I have big dreams, but I have worked meticulously and persistently to acquire the command in controlling my destiny. Those who know me will know that I am an extremely strong headed person and will do anything in my respectable ability to get what I want. My family comes from an extremely vigorous and active environment. As a result my parents mutually agreed to enrol me into a number of athletic and sporting activities at a very young age. Since I was of the tender age of three, I had quite a hectic weekly schedule. As well as attending my schooling, I was dancing, singing, acting, swimming, going to gymnastics and little athletics. During this period of my life I thought this was too much to be juggling all at once and it all became very overwhelming to deal with. But now when I look at it with a mature perspective, I can humbly say that I am privileged for having parents who took my energy and talents and directed them into a positive direction. In my seventh grade, I knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. It's a tremendous decision to make at such a young age, considering the school and subjects that you need to choose in order to get the right education. I wanted to be in musical theatre and I swore to myself that I would do anything to get the proper education to cultivate my knowledge in this area. I was accepted into 'AIPAH', The Australian International Performing Arts High School. This is where my learning journey began. I also achieved my Diploma in Classical singing with the International Music Examination Board. I have also been accepted into the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York to continue my learning, specialising in Musical Theatre. The main lesson I learned was to open my mind to new ideas and grow accustomed to immediate changes. The opportunity to be the school captain in my last year of schooling also made me aware of responsibility and that in order to succeed, one needs to be attentive of the student body as a whole.

Creating healthy competition helped me generate even bigger expectations of myself. Competitions also created short term goals in my time of growth as a performer. They ensured that I stayed fit and healthy and maintained a high performance standard. I am an individual who always strived, and continues to strive towards, pushing limits and expectations. Once this stage was complete, the audition faze began. It is here that I had to make the transition of dreaming my dreams and actually doing something about them. This would have to be the hardest stage of becoming a performer because out of 100 auditions, you will be knocked back 99 times and accepted once. I've been through this defeat stage, and I found it a test of strength between yourself and your passion for your art.

Currently I have been fortunate enough to be on contract with Universal Studios for a year.

This contract has made me learn so much about myself that I never came to consider. Living alone for the first time, in a different country, is a large responsibility.

It's very easy to lose focus of your goal by being overwhelmed by your environment. When I was younger, someone wise once told me; 'Never trust anyone'. This phrase has remained with me unexplained, until now. It's taken me ten years to understand that in this life, we can only trust ourselves. I believe that we need to be selfish in a way where we are accountable for ourselves because if we are not going to take care of ourselves, who will? I can proudly say that I have legitimately made my dream come true and have begun living my dream and not just dreaming it anymore.

My Wisdom			Take classes to stay fit.
			Go to college and gain accreditations for the future.
			Get an agent for contracts.
			Audition to gain experience.
			Learn from life experience which comes with age.

Resources and Opportunities That will help me			An opportunity to complete my bachelor of music theatre in college.
			To receive a green card for the United States.
			Get an agent in the United States.
			Receive a contract for a musical on Broadway.

			Can you help me? Contact me or Sachas if you have any Resources or Opportunities that might help me.

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