Meet Kat Uribe

We recently connected with Kat Uribe and have shared our conversation below.

Kat, so great to have you with us and we want to jump right into a really important question. In recent years, it’s become so clear that we’re living through a time where so many folks are lacking self-confidence and self-esteem. So, we’d love to hear about your journey and how you developed your self-confidence and self-esteem.

I gave myself all my confidence and self-esteem, and it definitely wasn’t overnight. Actually, I grew up with quite the opposite — riddled with fear and insecurity. Like, I had the confidence and knowledge that I was good at sports and could solve a hard math problem, but I had no ability to back myself up when it came to my perspectives and dreams.

Honestly, that radical journey of developing unshakeable confidence and self esteem didn’t start until I found acting at 17…and I had to tell people from Revere, Massachusetts that acting is my career choice…for the rest of my life. I think it takes a lot of guts as a high schooler to tell a bunch of wanna-be accountants and teachers you’re destined to be an artist.

Now I’m living in New York City, having recently graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, working as an actor. There is living proof that I can actualize my goals and dreams. My thoughts, opinions, and ideas all matter. No one can take that away from me.

Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?

I hail from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and lived most of my life in Massachusetts. I’m an actress and writer based in New York City with an adoration for comedy. I’ve spent nearly the past two years studying acting at AMDA and now I’m working on whatever I can get my hands on.

What’s most exciting (and scary) about acting is the revealing of self. I enjoy the spontaneity and the complete trust you hand to your scene partner. I love the childlike wonder and playfulness in storytelling. The more I grow as an actor, the more I grow as a human, and vice versa. I get to be completely unapologetic.

I recently completed my Capstone project where I wrote a mockumentary short called Lost and Found. It’s about a desk security guard who appoints themselves the task of finding who the Lost and Found thief is at their school. I want to have that up soon.

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

Number one: I’m not running out of time if I’m going at my own pace. There can be such a rush, especially being an artist in New York, trying to climb to the top and conquer the world. What even is the top? Have I thought about my purpose and why I’m doing this? I’m very consistent in my discipline, that’s what matters to me.

Number two: When lost, become curious. This helps me in all aspects of acting or when I have to work with someone I don’t like. Instead of spiraling about why the hell I’m in the position that I’m in, I wonder. I become curious as to why things work the way they do. Nothing lasts forever.

Number three: “Del piso no pasas” (translates to: You won’t go past the ground.) Someone very special in my life told me that one. Meaning, in a situation when you can fall/fail, what’s the worst that can happen? What’s the big fear? You’ll just hit the ground and get back up. It helps me reduce my anxieties a lot. With everything.

As we end our chat, is there a book you can leave people with that’s been meaningful to you and your development?

My journal. Honestly, just now I’m getting back into reading again so I don’t know if that’s cheating, but it has revealed to me my own patterns and areas of growth. The most valuable thing about it is that journaling helps me accept rather than judge my mental experiences.

If you can wake up and journal 3 pages every morning, you feel like you can conquer the rest of your day.

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