{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"IMU 076: Immigrants Take On Hollywood with Daisi Pollard Sepulveda","description":"What does it take to make it in Hollywood? How can someone who doesn\u2019t fit into traditional molds break into modeling? As an immigrant, what is considered a respectable career? Do you have to be a lawyer, an accountant, or something safe because you\u2019re a first generation American and you have that expectation on you? Daisi Pollard Sepulveda can be compared to an \u201880s supermodel meets Devil Wears Prada with Ashley Graham confidence. With Jamaican, Jewish, and African-American heritage, she has a fusion of culture to choose, so she doesn\u2019t see just one thing that influences her life. Modeling and beauty pageants shaped the beginning of Daisi\u2019s career, and she\u2019s represented famous brands like Sephora, Fiverr.com, and Makeup Forever. But today she works with young talent to help empower them in a way that she didn\u2019t have as she broke through barriers as a young girl. As a woman of color in this country, Daisi did not experience positive affirmation about what she wanted to do and she wants to change that. In modeling, when a scout or modeling agency wants to put a girl in a box for the kind of work she can do, Daisi wants to wreck that box. She wants to empower girls to say \u201cNo\u201d to work that isn\u2019t what they want to do. It\u2019s a different kind of industry and other people\u2019s opinion about what you look like is going to have an effect on your career, whether that\u2019s negative or positive.  Speaking about Hollywood, Daisi has some encouraging words for the invisible barriers we think are there. While it might seem like Hollywood is the ultimate American institution, there are a ton of people in Hollywood who are not American. Because the Hollywood brand claims them, you forget that their origins are not American. Sometimes when you sit in an audience and watch the actors up on the silver screen, you forget that they started somewhere small too.  If you want to connect with Daisi about acting or modeling advice, you can email her at: info (at) daisipollard.com.   On this powerful episode, you\u2019ll Learn: Why Daisi\u2019s path into modeling was successful because of what she didn\u2019t know. How immigrants have always played a huge part in Hollywood, and why that can work toward their advantage. How people\u2019s opinions can derail your career in the modeling and acting world. Why focusing on the \u201cTom Cruise\u201d opportunity will make you miss the opportunities in front of you. So, head over to the Itunes or Stitcher right now and listen to the podcast. Once you listen to the episode, share it with others who you think would benefit from this episode. [smart_track_player url="INSERT LIBSYN URL HERE" ] Mentioned in this Episode: The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing Choose Yourself Immigrant Masters Unite Polish Peter on Facebook Daisi Pollard\u2019s website Daisi Pollard on Instagram   ","author_name":"Immigrant Masters Unite: Dissecting The Minds of Successful Immigrants To Live The TRUE American Dream!","author_url":"http:\/\/mastersunite.libsyn.com\/podcast","html":"