#78: Pave Your Own Way with Melissa Carcache
JAYSON WALLER UNLEASHED
Jayson Waller
4.4 • 649 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Today on the show Jayson is talking with actress, producer, podcaster, and entrepreneur Melissa Carcache. Melissa was born in Miami, Florida, and knew she wanted to be an actress as far back as kindergarten when she starred in her first play. Right after completing high school at 18, after getting her mother’s blessing, she packed her bags and moved to Los Angeles for a career. She got off to a bit of a good start by nabbing a role in an Intel commercial but spent the majority of her time auditioning and attending more classes.
Melissa has been a part of a few successful entrepreneurship ventures, she started her own production company, RomDom Productions, created a successful podcast with her sister called Millennial Women, and now has a chip company selling her grandma’s chip recipe across the globe. Melissa truly have carved her own path in life.
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Melissa’s Website: www.wearemillennialwomen.com
Melissa’s Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/melissacarcache/
Melissa’s Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/melicarcache
Melissa’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeliCarcache
Melissa’s YouTube:https://rb.gy/jsxvdn
Melissa’s Facebook: www.facebook.com/MelissaCarcache
Melissa’s Podcast: https://wearemillennialwomen.com/podcast/
Timestamps:
1:34 - Melissa Acting in Kindergarten
4:00 - Moving to California at 18 Years Old
8:13 - Selling a TV Show at 22 Years Old
10:47 - Pressure For Not Going to College
13:59 - Starting Millennial Women with Her Sister
22:10 - Needing the Next Challenge
25:29 - Opening a Business with Her Dad
29:53 - What’s Next for Melissa?
32:19 - Advice for Upcoming Actors and Producers
36:41 - How to Find Melissa Online
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| 0:00.0 | Jason Waller here, True Underdog podcast and YouTube channel. |
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| 0:18.3 | Damn, bang. |
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| 0:21.4 | Damn. |
| 0:22.1 | Jason Waller here, true underdog podcast. |
| 0:28.8 | All the underdogs out there. |
| 0:29.7 | We've got an amazing show for you coming out right now. |
| 0:32.9 | We have someone who's an actress, a producer, a podcaster, and an entrepreneur. She is a Hollywood badass. She is at the top of her game. Melissa Carcacci, how are you doing? I am doing so good. What a fantastic, fantastic intro, Jason. Thank you so much for that. Yeah, that was good. Hey, I tried. You've got some energy. |
| 0:54.4 | I'm a fan. |
| 0:51.7 | I've watched some of your stuff. You've got a lot of things going on. And I love how you have this entrepreneur spirit, which we're going to get into in the show, how you're running a business and building that up. And you do an awesome podcast with your sister. You've been on TV. You've produced things. I mean, you've got a lot of things going on. |
| 0:53.0 | And you're in Miami. |
| 1:11.6 | I mean, you're in a lot of things going on. |
| 1:09.5 | And you're in Miami. I mean, you're in the best place in the world right now with the weather, right? Yes. I mean, it's starting to get a little too hot for my comfort. But yes, I consider it to be the best place in the world. Yes. Well, well, awesome to have you on the show. My kids are big fans of every which way, myself included, but let's backtrack a little bit. |
| 1:28.2 | You know, growing up in the tropics of Miami, you were acting as far back as kindergarten. Take us back to those days. Oh, wow. A five years old is really where I discovered my true passion for acting. You know, I was in a little play. I was dressed up as a crow. I had no lines. I don't even know what the play was about. |
| 1:44.9 | But, you know, I really, I told my mom, I said, I really like this. It's a lot of fun. I want to get into it. And she was like, no, you're not going to start working as a child actor. You're going to be a kid because my parents are from Cuba and they know what it's like to not have a, you know, a normal and great childhood and they wanted their children to enjoy, you know, being a kid and not having to worry about things. |
| 2:05.8 | And so my mom's like, no, you're not going to start working at this age. |
| 2:09.3 | And so I begged that. I begged that at 14, she allowed me to finally start to take classes, |
| 2:15.5 | which that was such a big win for me. |
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