Lights, camera, action! The school year has started back up, and that means it is time to anticipate the next Ponte Vedra High School (PVHS) drama department production. In the meantime, one could focus on a particular member of the drama department, who was even picked for this feature by Mr. Nettle himself, the director of the drama department. One could focus on Kaya Heath-Martinez, a senior actress in the drama department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kaya began performing from an early age, as she\u2019s enjoyed singing since the age of five. She only began her journey with acting during middle school. \u201cShe\u2019s great,\u201d said Mr. Nettle. \u201cShe always brings a lot of energy to class, she\u2019s our historian, and she exudes personality that is contagious within the room.\u201d However, she was still understandably nervous about joining the PVHS drama department. \u201cWhen I first started drama, I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d fit in, but I\u2019ve found some of my best friends here,\u201d said Kaya. \u201cIt\u2019s helped me grow confident. It\u2019s helped the department grow as a family.\u201d Since joining the drama department, Kaya has performed in several productions, from Sister Act<\/em> during 2019, to Footloose<\/em> last year. \u201cEach show was different and taught me a different thing. Sister Act in freshman year definitely showed me to ask questions. I\u2019d say last year helped me learn to get out of my comfort zone. It\u2019s helped me create lasting bonds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Outside of drama, Kaya has a number of hobbies. \u201cI love hanging out with my friends, I love hanging around people who can teach me more, I love growing closer to my family and growing closer to God. I also love traveling.\u201d Speaking of Kaya\u2019s family, they seem to be her most avid fans. \u201cI\u2019m very close to my mom, my dad, and my brother; I consider them my best friends,\u201d said Kaya. \u201cI think I\u2019m very lucky and I\u2019m grateful for the home life I\u2019ve been given. They are my biggest supporters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n As for the future, Kaya plans to continue acting. \u201cI do plan on audition for 10 schools and continue acting to get my Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), and I also plan on doing singing.\u201d Kaya didn\u2019t start off as an extremely talented actress, but she got to where she is through drive and a desire to improve. \u201cI think the more confident she becomes in herself, and the more she studies the arts, there\u2019s no stopping her,\u201d said Mr. Nettle. \u201cTo anyone hoping to get into acting, I would definitely say branch out or take the risk. If it can\u2019t hurt you mentally or physically, then there\u2019s no issue in trying,\u201d said Kaya. \u201cGet to know yourself, grow closer to those in your department. I\u2019d say that outside of school and performing, learning to love yourself is the greatest thing you can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cShe always brings a lot of energy to class, she\u2019s our historian, and she exudes personality that is contagious within the room.\u201d<\/p>-Jason nettle<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Rachel Bacchus Lights, camera, action! The school year has started back up, and that means it is time to anticipate the next Ponte Vedra High School (PVHS) drama department production. In the meantime, one could focus on a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11,5],"tags":[190,192,189,186,188,191],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Rachel-Drama-Profile-scaled.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4608"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4613,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4608\/revisions\/4613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pvhstiburon.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}