“let the children laugh in church.”
Growing up, Victoria spent a lot of time watching either gut-busting comedies or terrifying horror films. After watching Jamie Lee Curtis in both Halloween and A Fish Called Wanda, she was inspired to pursue acting. She wanted to be both a clown and a “final girl.”
Victoria spent her childhood summers studying theatre at the prestigious Paper Mill Playhouse and New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
She graduated from Fordham University with a BA in Theatre Performance and minor in Film and Television Studies. Go Rams. While at Fordham, she studied Improv and Sketch Comedy with Upright Citizens Brigade.
She is a recent graduate of Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Play House’s MFA Acting Program in Cleveland, Ohio; a program which selects a cohort of 8 from over 1,100 auditionees.
Inspired by her mother’s immigration experience, Victoria has a passion for exploring theatre through a non-American lens, diving into different theatrical cultures and bringing their teachings with her to every artistic endeavor.
She has studied experimental theatre and devising techniques at Bard College Berlin in Berlin, Germany as well as Acting Shakespeare at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, UK.