OK, so update. I just wanna let you guys know it’s officially been (((9 DAYS))) since starting with @Gloria Stonelake and UGC World 😩 & I just officially signed 2 contracts in the past 10 minutes… 🙌 I waited a few days and probably overthought a ton before physically signing any contracts 😅 I know the comp may not very appealing to everyone, but I had to weigh my personal circumstances and current goals & timeline caps, and this is what is going to get me to goal number 2 😩 Here’s the breakdown: ✅Contract 1: -sourced from Reddit, direct pitch to brand, $500/mo + $1.5 CPM for 7 10 sec videos + reposting, no upfront payment. +weekly payment stints ✅Contract 2: Inbound email from Reddit, creator agency, $800/mo starting + varied CPM/project, no upfront payment && 🟠Contract 3: Verbal confirmation, but pending negotiations (mentioned on the last fastrack live, but waiting adjustments) | $1250/mo + CPM I figured out of all the opportunities, I’d move forward with these first and hold space for learning and sharpening my skills. I do plan on focusing on performing well first then coming back for renegotiation, then after consistency, hopefully upselling!

Hey guys! My name is Sophia Austin, I’m one of the Advisors here at UGC World :) so many of you have been asking about my story so I figured it was about time to write it all out so here ya go.. I graduated high school at 17 years old in a class with around 800 other people in it, and I was one of the very few who did not go straight into college. At the time, I felt lost. I was just going through the motions… school, work, scroll, compare, care way too much about what other people thought, repeat. I knew something was wrong, I knew something needed to change, but I didn’t know how to fix it. I didn’t even know what “it” was. Everyone else opened their college acceptance letters and celebrated. I opened mine and felt dread. All I could see was four more years inside a system that was not working for me. Nobody around me could understand that feeling. So I said no to every single acceptance letter. I refused to follow a path that didn’t feel like mine. I used my savings and bought a one way ticket to Mexico. Alone. Freshly 18 years old. I volunteered with a program dedicated to researching and restoring the Mesoamerican barrier reef. I thought I was searching for a “passion” but I was really searching for myself. That trip cracked something open in me. Being somewhere nobody knew my identity stripped away all of the performing and people pleasing. I met people from completely different cultures and realized something that changed everything: Everyone was just as unsure as I was. Some people are just better at hiding it. I kept traveling. Croatia. Austria. Hungary. Bosnia. Italy. Spain. Thailand. Laos. Indonesia. Australia. Each place taught me something different about who I am, and how much bigger life is than the box I was living in. Somewhere along the way, I built a relationship with God. And getting to know the one who created me helped me finally understand myself underneath all the noise. I started creating content along the way, just sharing what I was experiencing.

wow… i got my first viral video!! https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8PYRyRh/