The New York Film Academy (NYFA) in my opinion isn’t just a college of fine arts, its a college of life. My experience has been rewarding and challenging at the same time. I relished the opportunity NYFA gave me to take photographs at the Art Basel event, which was my first time seeing real art in galleries. It was amazing.
When I say you learn life, NYFA teaches you how to live properly in this tumultuous world we live in. Without the school, I would have lived in this world defending my emotions and locking myself away internally out of self defense from regular society, as the normal population teaches itself to do so. That’s not life and NYFA will prove that to you.
Special thanks to Elli Ventouras, the director and senior vice president of the school, because she is the baddest, most outstanding boss I’ve ever encountered. She gave me the power to not doubt myself and the confidence to believe in what’s right…

I still talk to most of the people every day, and have even grown more closer with others. It made me more confident in myself, and in my acting, and I couldn’t ask for much more. I would absolutely love to do it again.

I can only speak for Evan (though I am sure this goes for all the students) when I say that he gained more than I could have hoped for. This was the first time that Evan worked in a group of colleagues that share his same passion and have as much experience as he has. He has come away from the program with much confidence and maturity. As a parent, that is all you ever hope for from their experiences. You all do a fabulous job and give these students a clear insight into this very complex craft. Bravo!

family in acting games at the dinner table. Thank you for all your help.

with all her dreams not only intact, but reinforced by what she’d learnt, how she’d performed, the new friends that she’d made, but most of all, by the support she’d received from the NYFA staff, who so positively and enthusiastically challenged her to follow her dream.