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00:00I think I knew I wanted to be an actor since I was really little, but I was like, that's
00:07a ridiculous job. Like who becomes an actor? My parents were musical theater actors, and
00:13so I just grew up as a tour baby, always around actors. I come from a family where lawyer,
00:22doctor, accountant, pharmacist, actor, what's this? I was pre-med in college and I took
00:28the MCAT. I got a really good score. I auditioned for the show and I was like, if I don't do
00:33this show, I'm going to die, because I felt so connected to the script. I don't want to
00:37go into psychiatry. I want to be here. Go save some lives. I love that The Pit has so
00:43many different kinds of people, so many different perspectives. Having a story where each person
00:50can look at the screen and go, oh, I see myself. You're from Nepal. Nepali. It makes it more
00:57authentic when different types of viewpoints are expressed. When Shabana, me, and Sasha,
01:05who is a patient who comes in, who's also South Asian, we're in a room and it's three
01:09brown women and we're all talking to each other and we're not related. And we're not
01:13talking about the fact that we're South Asian. We're just like there. That was like my favorite
01:16moment on set. And I kept wanting to cry. And I was like, I'm not supposed to be crying.
01:20My dad is Filipino, and I'm really proud to be a part of a medical show where we are
01:26showcasing Filipino people.
01:32They speak Tagalog in the show. My friends and family are going to watch this and feel
01:37seen, and that makes me so proud to be a part of.
01:41I think the creators of the show really have something to say right now about the state
01:46of healthcare. Symptoms show up differently on different people. Heart attack symptoms
01:50are different for women than they are for men. You know, skin conditions look different
01:52on darker skin than lighter skin. And we consistently have like worse health outcomes.
02:03There's something so powerful about showing how someone with sickle cell might be mistreated
02:08and racialized and not given proper treatment. Little empathy goes a long way without suffering
02:14in real pain.
02:15I hope The Pit will encourage and invite those kinds of conversations.
02:22My advice to young multicultural talent coming in is to just keep going. I would say do it.
02:28You matter. Your advice, your opinion, the things you care about, the things you think
02:33about, you really matter.
02:36I really hope to see more diversity writing the stories, telling the stories, not just
02:41in front of the camera.
02:44If I had quit like two years ago, I wouldn't have gotten this amazing opportunity. I think
02:49like really believe in yourself and like trust that if you keep going and you keep working
02:53on your craft, it'll come. You just need to keep going.