We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Nicole Aliseda a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Nicole, thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today We’d love to hear the backstory behind a risk you’ve taken – whether big or small, walk us through what it was like and how it ultimately turned out.

I think the biggest risk I’ve taken was coming to Los Angeles and not giving up. I was 18 and had a dream. I came here alone, with no family or friends, so it was definitely a little scary. But I never gave up; arriving here at first was like “omg everything is perfect in LA” but I feel like everyone here goes through the “LA is the dream” phase and then it kinda slaps you in the face. The first time it all went down was when I had a car accident with my friends, not having anyone who I could go to and also constantly invalidating my own feelings made me just go into a very hard time. In two months I went from having the life of my dreams to not getting out of bed. I lost almost all of my friends and felt very alone in this big city. I started to doubt if this was worth it, or anything at all. I almost gave up and went back to Mexico, but I had an angel fallen from the sky, my teacher Melissa; she grabbed me one day and told me “you didn’t come to LA to make friends, party or go out, you came here to make your dream come true and be a great actress, and you’re doing it” and that was the moment I realized I had lost track, and needed to get back at it. And I feel like acting, once again, saved me and got me out of that, but yeah, not giving up has been the biggest risk.

Nicole, love having you share your insights with us. Before we ask you more questions, maybe you can take a moment to introduce yourself to our readers who might have missed our earlier conversations?

I am an actress and would consider myself a director and writer in progress!

I started professionally acting back in Mexico when I was 18, I was still in high school so as soon as I graduated and finished filming I came to Los Angeles! Hollywood baby! But obviously it is way harder than anyone could expect.

When I graduated I thought to myself “why do I need to get casted to do art if I can just do it myself?” And started my own production company. Wouldn’t have been able to do it without my friends Molly and Marie, they never gave up on the idea and were always there. We went from doing shoots for fun to having paid collaborations! And my best advice… just go for it. Cold email, dm through insta, send a message… it can change your whole life. Right now we are producing our very first short film which was written by me. It’s about metal health, money not buying happiness leading to constant invalidation, and how it affects the brain.
(Specially in women).
We are crowdfunding right now but we’ve been struggling, so anything helps! You can check the tik tok account “@outshort”!

We also started doing small commercials, UGC videos for brands and exchange collabs! This month we’re starting with our headshot sessions and also the podcast of the company is coming soon…
We did a documentary on a dog rescuer from Mexico and did good! Unfortunately tik tok deleted our account so we had to start from 0, 2 weeks ago! But as I see it, it’s a new beginning and new opportunities, maybe more videos will get viral! Go check it out at (tik tok:) @snoi.studios1

But SNOI in general is from the people for the people, it’s not about the money at all, it’s about creating for the love of art. So anyone is always welcome! This year the goal is to produce 5 short films!

Are there any resources you wish you knew about earlier in your creative journey?

Yes, cold emailing and IMBDpro. There are so many people with so many ideas but don’t know how to share them, in my opinion, just put it out to the world, there is someone looking for you and your ideas, you just have to find each other. And having a crew not only for industry but for support. And collaboration, you have no idea how many people do it for the love and not for the money, don’t be afraid to put your ideas and goals out to the world!

Is there mission driving your creative journey?

Letting people know it will be okay. And using my art to help. Mental health in Gen Z is so important because we are the first generation to be exposed to social media, and the impact it has had it’s not talked about enough. I want to help and find those Nicole’s out in the world that feel like it’s not worth it, and show them how worth it it can be.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.snoistudios.com
• Instagram: @snoi_mngmt
• Facebook: Nicole Aliseda
• Linkedin: Nicole Aliseda/ SNOI STUDIOS
• Youtube: SNOI STUDIOS
• Other: Tik Tok: snoi.studios1

Image Credits

Xavier Caudill
Andre Forrest