Chitra Iyer, 50, left her full time teaching job to enroll at Toronto Film School in 2017 (Yusra Javed/ RSJ)
Iyer grew up in Malawi, Central Africa, where she performed with a music group and became a child star (Yusra Javed/ RSJ)
As she is set to graduate in 2019, Iyer hopes to become a full-time actress (Yusra Javed/ RSJ)
Two years ago, Chitra Iyer enrolled at the Toronto Film School to become an actress. At 50- years-old, Iver is the oldest student to graduate in her class of 2019.
While supporting three adult children and a teaching position at a Montessori school, she has been working towards this dream for over a decade after experiencing tragedy in her own life.
Iyer considers herself a lifelong artist – from becoming a child star in Malawi, Central Africa to choreographing a Michael Jackson spring concert with her students – and she is on a continuous search of meaningful work to express herself.
Chitra Iyer shares key moments in her life that inspired her to enroll at Toronto Film School and pursue a career as an actress . Yusra Javed has the full story below:
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