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11-year-old Paris girl’s Big Dreams featured on TVO kids show
By Casandra Turnbull
Sometimes show biz runs in the family; such is the case for the Visser family of Paris. Mom Kristen is no stranger to the lights, the cameras and scripts. When we last reported on Kristen (read her story here), she had just returned from the Junos where she was a special correspondent courtesy of CHFI 98 1 Toronto’s perfect music mix radio station. She won a content that sent her and husband Justin down the red carpet and gave them a behind the scenes look at the 51st
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Annual Juno Awards. Since that interview with Kristen two years ago, the Paris woman and mom of three, has been busy with new jobs monthly. She’s landed commercials with Pampers, BMO, Gildan, Rec Room and Unitron, acted in a short film called ‘The Cut’ (based on true events from the 1800s, which has placed in many film festivals), and starred as Kate Gosselin in the Dark Side of the 2000s. Her most recent job is a feature film role that starts filming next month – so stay tuned on those details in another Paris Independent story
Ella Visser is your typical 11-year-old girl She loves to play, act and above all else, LOVES music! Her dream to one day become a music teacher was the forefront of a TVO Kids ‘Dream it to Be It’ episode that was filmed over a year ago It is now up for Best Direction Children’s or Youth and Best Children’s and Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series at the Canadian Screen Awards May 28th to May 31st .
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The star of this article, though, is 11-year-old Ella Visser who starred in an episode of Dream it to Be it on TVO kids.
The show features kids of all abilities exploring their potential, finding their joy, trying new things and knowing that their dreams and passions are possible.
“They were looking for specific people, ones with a disability, to come on the show and tell the world what they wanted to be when they grew up,” explains Kristen. “I admire this show because it is about inclusion and shows no matter what, you can reach your goals and dreams.” Ella, who is autistic, dreams like any 11-year-old would – aspiring to one day become a music teacher She filmed the TVO episode two years ago and it was recently announced that the show is up for some awards!
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