Olivia

She's always down for a laugh, but she's also sensitive.

She's so in tune with her emotions, everybody else's emotions, and she's just ready to encourage everybody that she comes across.

I decided to study theater because it's what I had always done.

I was nine the first time I was in a professional production.

It was just kind of a natural next step for me to study it in school.

And I got a talent scholarship from Cato.

I was recruited to the college.

Cato and I met winter of my senior year of high school, and it was at a recruiting event in North Texas.

He was there recruiting and my number was called.

I really wasn't interested in joining the program.

And then I had a friend who was and she went on a tour.

We drove up to the school one weekend and I liked it.

It wasn't my top choice school by any means.

But then we started talking about scholarships and he was willing to give me a talent scholarship.

And so I decided to go for it.

Mostly it was positive.

I mean, he really seemed like he wanted to invest in me.

And when I got to the school for my tour, it very much felt that way.

Like I could tell he wanted me there, that he wanted to help me grow and to give me all the tools that I needed to be a successful actress.

So I felt like going there, it would really do me a lot of good.