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Intro
I am a teacher by day and an actor by night. I currently teach 7th grade Texas history. I hold a bachelor's of science in entertainment business from full sail university and I am currently enrolled to lock down my masters in the same field. Though I am a teacher, I think of myself as an actor first. I love being on stage and on camera but, I want to produce and create my own stories to share with my audiences. I want to have my own production studio producing theatre and tv. I am enrolled to increase my knowledge of the business aspect of entertainment so I can hit the ground running as soon as possible.
Professional Snapshot
Professional Snapshot
Intention
Full sail University has provided me with resources and professors that have either strengthened what I already know or have introduced me to entirely new trains of thought. From accounting classes, to business law studying contracts to identify consideration full sail has provided me with an amazing education and support to make my goals happen. I know it will be tough, but the sacrifice made now will benefit my family later.
I hope to achieve a heightened sense of self throughout my mastery journey at full sail. So far, I have been able to explore the mental aspect. there's a mindset to buy into when starting the mastery journey. I'm learning that the goals to be achieved starts with an honest mind. I know that this degree program will enhance my understanding of the entertainment industry in a way that I'll be able to insert myself where I can be the most productive and proud.
I'm excited to learn about the principals and tactics of negotiation. I know it's being done everywhere but the context behind the negotiations are what I'm interested in and I'm looking forward to expanding my knowledge in this area of the industry. I want to have my own production studio very soon and I know that full sail is giving me the foundation to make this happen.
My ultimate goal is to start my own production studio producing theatre and tv. In order to step closer to actualizing this I need to first secure other short term goals that are in line with my aspirations. I will need to attain my teacher certification for job security. In order to do that I needed to raise my GPA. Instead of taking a few detached courses, I decided to achieve my masters as well. While working on my masters, I will continue to develop my digital presence and my actor reel. My digital presence will reflect my experience as an educator and an actor. My actor reel will reflect my expertise as a film and theatre actor. I will submit my acting credentials, resume and reel to targeted studios and casting directors. I will do this once I have attained my teaching certification which will happen before graduation. The last thing to achieve out of all my short term goals is my graduation. I will continue to work this path and be open to opportunities that present themselves through my efforts and go as far as I can in every path until my ultimate goal evolves from a possibility to a reality.
WEEKLY INSPIRATIONAL INSIGHTS
Inspiration
"Dreams without goals are just dreams and they ultimately fuel disappointment. On the road to achieving your dreams you must apply discipline and consistency because without commitment you'll never start and without consistency...............you'll never finish" (Denzel Quotes, 2022).
Denzel Washington – DREAMS WITHOUT GOALS ARE JUST DREAMS [Video]. (2022, Approx.). YouTube Shorts. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LspuaSV_qII
This quote has picked me up where Will smith's "plan B distract's from plan a" quote leaves off. These two quotes, interchangeably keeps me focused. They help to correct my mind in a way that keeps me honest and productive. This quote specifically is special to me because I found it at a time when life was looking very bleak and I was fighting to reel back from a setback. It currently fuels my fire and my fight as it did for me while I was in the thick of it.
Will smith once said during an interview that "God put the best things in life on the other side of fear" (Thebenjaminhero, Will Smith, 2016).
I have had the opportunity to experience maximum fear. Being confronted with the very circumstances that I have always had a fear of all my life caused me to push myself to a point where I was able to eventually experience bliss. Through the storm, I was able to find peace and when I found myself in a situation that proved to me that I was no longer "in danger" it makes me see retrospectively that I didn't have anything to fear to begin with. It's all happenings, cause and effect. All I have to do is believe that I will be fine and push towards something good/great for myself and I will find myself out of the "danger" in no time.
"Skip the fear, live the experience.....guide someone else".
-Nate Davis-
BLOG POST 9.21.25-Leadership style
John Maxwell's leadership principles and Robert Greene’s laws of power make a unique combination of leadership attributes to consider. When I put the two together, I see leadership from a place of objectivity and compassion coming from Maxwell’s principles and from Greene’s Laws, I see transparency and tact. When it comes to my leadership style, I’ve already had the opportunity to experience the trial-and-error period of leadership. I was too nice at one point and had to deal with the effects of giving an inch. I understand that not everyone respects you as a leader until you make an impact on their life. Until then, it’s like they see you as another object of compliance. That’s why I love to lead with compassion and serve those that work with me. I assert myself, when necessary, but I feel that it’s more effective to figure your people out so you can get the maximum output from them. My style is geared towards servant leadership because I want my people to know they can trust me and that I truly care about their contribution to the cause and that I care about them as an individual. John Maxwel on page 147 of Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 says “The more I believe in people’s potential and the more I serve them, the more their potential increases” (Maxwell, p147, 2018). I very seldomly had to assert myself in a way that reminds an individual of the authority I actually have because I was able to earn peoples respect through inherently being a good person, caring about them as individuals and their success at their job and it ultimately created loyal employees, more like team mates that would do anything to ensure the success of our daily mission.
JOURNAL ENTRY 11.23.25 One thing I love About Full Sail Entertainment Business Masters program is that it covers all the bases. This month in my Product/Artist Management course, I was able to dive a little deeper into what it looks like to prepare a product (at its preliminary stages) to hit a market. I was also able to explore what it's like managing artists. Even though people make a lot of money off of them they are still people and shouldn't be treated like an inanimate object. Very informative. Doing research goes a long way when making an educated guess.
Actor and Educator Mr. Davis (3rd Graders Vs. The prison System)
Blog post 2.3.2026
My original goal was to obtain my teacher certification within 2 months of starting the master’s program. Now that we are close to 6 months in, I see that this was a very vigorous goal to achieve and that I didn’t leave room for errors or other things to happen in life. My other goals were to graduate with my master’s which I’m on track for this to happen on time. My 3rd goal was to create content to reflect my educator experience and my actor experience. There was one goal that was met by the course as the others are time bound. I was able to create a content video based on my experience as an educator. This is the first piece of content created to support my brand as an educator/actor. This course allowed me to see that it doesn’t take an extraneous amount of effort to achieve some goals. All it takes is a little planning and resources that are available to act on the vision. The structure that was used to create parts one, two and three of the marketing strategy was inciteful. I’ve written a business plan for a non-profit and for a music artist years ago and seeing the structure of the sections and how they flow to create a comprehensive reminds me that I can develop a half-way decent marketing campaign or a strategy even. I will utilize the structure of these papers and the feedback from submitted assignments to tweak my output from good to exemplary.
The Fall of Heaven Jubilee Theatre 2025 Nominated for Best Lead Actor in a Play
For Colored Brothers The Black academy of Arts and Letters 2025
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Diety Circle Theatre 2024
This month, I am sharing a TED talk called The Transformative Power of Theatre by my Mentor, Akin Babatunde. This Ted Talk focuses on the parallel benefits that can transform other aspects of your life through the study of Theatre.
Team and project management course reflection
This past month, I spent 4 weeks studying the various ways, techniques, methods, and resources necessary to lead a team or lead a project. I started off by using my entrepreneurial idea for the entertainment industry. During this course, I was able to do some heavy research in identifying important components that would need to be addressed or completed to launch my business. I was able to create a Gantt chart which allowed me to organize many tasks under different phases of project management. With those phases I also had to establish realistic timelines in which the task would be started and completed. In doing this, I was also Able to research had attach some actual budgeted figures to these tasks to see what it's actually going to take to get this project off the paper and into reality. Throughout this course I was also able to identify that I had some experience with project management through my corporate career experiences. Using resources like Gantt charts, assessing Total Quality management and risk allowed me to see this project at full scope. The effort that will go into getting this project going will have a major impact on the operational efficiency of the project. Efficiency does not waste time or resources. This course showed me that planning a project is meticulous if you do it right and though the assignments were tedious, the end result was worth it. I now have usable documents and resources to structure my planning process when I'm ready to launch my entrepreneurial idea.
Since birth, from uttering an Un-recallable phrase that brought laughter to every member in the delivery room to the present, Nate has been entertaining all his life. after a period of self-discovery and life's obstacles, Nate was finally able to obtain his Bachelors of science in entertainment Business from Full sail University spring of 2022.
In high school, basketball didn't work out due to church commitments and Nate was presented with an alternative opportunity in the dramatic arts. since his first show ever, having to prepare for 3 characters in "Christmas in the land of oz" in 3 weeks, Nate's love for the stage was born.
Since then, Nate has been able to earn numerous awards dating back from high school UIL competitions to college, earning Irene Ryan awards from the Kennedy Center American college theatre festivals. At the end of his county college years where he received his theatre training and study, Nate was Honored as the student of the year for the drama department in 2013, a dean's award. After this accomplishment Nate would go on to explore audio production at the art institute of Dallas, and from there starting his professional acting career in 2015 at circle theatre with his performance as Anthony in "I and You by Laura Gunderson". Nate received many great reviews from his performance and was awarded best actor in a play by the column in 2015. this has propelled his acting career into more theatre opportunities, like his recent performance as Joseph Asagai in "A rain in the sun" produced by Theatre Arlington in 2020. Nate has since expanded his reach to many commercials, and some independent film projects.
Currently Nate is married and has added a new member to his family in September of 2022. following in his retired mother's footsteps, He is a full-time 3rd grade English language arts and reading teacher for il texas woodhaven, Fort Worth. all the while, he has never stopped working towards his acting profession. Nate has recently connected with actor, producer and writer akin babatunde who has graciously provided mentorship for nate.
