Today @savingfloramovie comes out in theaters and also on demand. It was truly a magical project for me in so many ways. These are a series of photos from the project as well as one final photo of my face with no makeup on at the time. 👄 🐘 🎥 It was the first job I booked after being bitten in the face by a dog on June 30, 2017, and I was reeling from feelings of disfigurement, depression, anxiety, and fears of never working again. I had a minor lisp from my lower orbiculris oris having been completely severed from the bite and luckily reconnected by a plastic surgeon in the ER at @cedarssinai @desaiplasticsurgery who came in in the early hours of Saturday July 1, 2017, to fix my wounds. I worked my first day on Saving Flora on July 31, 2017, plus a few more days in August. Having been blessed with the role of Kim on this film went a very long way towards helping me regain some confidence in my long journey of recovery, physically, emotionally, and psychologically. I struggled even on set in the makeup chair, and would come to set mostly made up already, explaining to our wonderful makeup artist I didn’t want to show up with the scars uncovered and worry about being fired. Everyone there was so supportive and reassuring that it was absolutely fine and I had nothing to worry about. 🙌🏽✨🌟 Finally getting to see the film and how wonderful it is, and looking through these photos, has brought up so many emotions. Thank you to @mark_drury_taylor @ataraxiaent for casting me and everyone on set who made me feel supported. 🙌🏽💖💖💖😭😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 #savingflora #asianactress #dogbitescars #facialscars #traumahealing #hollywood #makeup #gratitude (at Los Angeles, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bys9aqqgoyj/?igshid=1lcjhcnj1cvo0