Stars Making a Social Impact: Priscilla Avila is addressing the feelings of women who constantly see themselves in this world as the object and not the subject of desire

“Certainty is your greatest enemy”

As part of my series about stars making an important social impact, I had the pleasure of interviewing Priscilla Avila. Priscilla is a Brazilian actress, writer, model and director. She has appeared in several Brazilian plays, films, and Tv Shows, most notably as Stefani in 2017’s “171 Negocio de Familia” at Universal Channel Brazil. She speaks Portuguese, French, Spanish and English. She began her career by appearing in several plays and commercials. Her debut in a theatre was when she was only 12 years old and her first commercial was when she was 14 years old. At 13 she got invited to be part of the theatre group of the City (TEG) and travels to multiple cities to join Theatre Festivals. Avila and her group won several awards with the plays they produced. At 15 she was constantly acting, writing and selling paintings for the local market, a hobby that she discovered being lucrative. In 2001, she also joined the Theatre Group from the University of South of Bahia (UESC). As a young woman, she remained adamant also about her education. Studying Psychology and after changing her field for Foreign Languages…