I grew up in 1980s Los Angeles — when Hollywood was neon, reckless, magnetic, and wildly unfiltered. I started modeling at 12. By my teens, I was working between LA and Japan — navigating casting offices, agencies, culture shock, and the kind of behind-the-scenes stories you don’t see in glossy magazines. I was in the iconic Free Fallin’ music video by Tom Petty. I worked internationally. I learned fast. Sometimes the hard way. My memoir, I Escaped Hollywood. Barely., isn’t nostalgia. It’s what it really felt like to come of age in that world — between Sunset Boulevard and Tokyo streets — ambition, beauty, danger, faith, reinvention. If you love true stories about Hollywood before social media, before branding, before hashtags — this one’s for you. This book is written in real time, raw and reflective. Not a fairy tale. Not a takedown. A survivor’s lens. I can’t wait to share the new cover with you. 💋 https://www.skool.com/free-fallin-1989-1364/about