- Whiskey Flats, the powerful independent short film she plays social worker Lily Pacheco in, was created as a final opus to showcase actor David Ode (best known as "Dog Face" in Lonesome Dove,) who was dying of cirrhosis of the the liver. Both David Ode and writer Michael Woodward passed in 2016. The film acting was shot in three days on the property of actor Adam Tim Taylor (Sicario, Swing Vote, Wyatt Earp) in Cerrillos, Santa Fe, NM. It co-starred Dale O'Malley (Longmire, Swing Vote, Carriers). Whiskey Flats was a film pilot, and had a completed full feature script.
- She is granddaughter to George H. Chapman who coined the Budweiser slogan "This Bud's For You." Chapman was senior accountant for Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis, MO in the 1940s. He received a monthly stipend of $25 for his marketing contribution. Being of such value to the company he and his entire family (wife and nine children at the time,) were relocated to Los Angeles, California, to start up the Van Nuys branch in the 1950s.
- Proudest accomplishment: two years being full time caregiver to her mother, Patricia before she passed from ovarian cancer in 2015.
- After training at Salk Lake City Airport, UT, worked on wildfire helibases in eastern Washington as an aircraft rescue firefighter.
- Was a wild land firefighter with Ahtanum twenty person hand crew in Washington state.
- Rode a KLR 650 motorcycle through South America for four and a half months with her sister Clara (2017), traveling through Chile, Argentina, Brazil, half on the Amazon River, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.
- Returned to the stage for Santa Fe Opera's World Premiere of Sweet Potato Kicks the Sun (2019,) a first ever Opera combined with Beatbox. Composer Augusta Read Thomas and Librettist Leslie Dunton-Downer specifically created this Opera For All Voices to showcase Beatbox artist Nicole Paris.
- Launched into acting at the age of ten performing in Central Washington University's production of The Visit.
- While teaching at National Dance Institute of New Mexico, annually instructed over three hundred youth in dance and theatre (ages three to eighteen,) and co-produced a show featuring five hundred children with a live band.
- Practices Non-Violent Communication, the body of work Marshall Rosenberg created and utilized successfully for major world wide peace negotiations.
- As a lifeguard and deck supervisor, worked to improve ADA standards and was awarded by the City of Portland, OR "Employee of the Summer - Aquatics Division".
- Is certified as an Expert in Micro Expressions by Paul Ekman, who developed the Facial Action Coding System (FACS), now used by law enforcement world wide. The American crime drama Lie to Me, was based off of Ekman's techniques and research in emotions, psychology, and body language.
- Was a varsity athlete, homecoming queen, thespian, valedictorian and nominated "class radical" in high school.
- Nearly joined ROTC and entered the military as she wanted to be an astronaut and F14 fighter pilot but declined due to moral conflict. She often plays special forces, military and police officer roles.
- Seriously considered the standing invitation to try out for the North Cascade Smokejumpers after serving as Aircraft Rescue for the crew.
- Screenwriter and novelist Sam Sheridan nicknamed her "Showbiz" when they both worked the same season of wildland firefighting in Washington state, knowing her predisposition as an actress. As he was soon to author of "A Fighter's Heart," a book chronicling his time as a Muay Thai Fighter, she in turn called him "Sidekick".
- A licensed motorcyclist, she has a 1986 Honda Rebel. A true lover of dual sport motorcycles after her 4.5 month motorcycle adventure on a KLR 650 through South America with her sister Clara de la Torre and seeing Steve McQueen's hot Triumph riding in "The Great Escape," she plans to additionally own either a Royal Enfield, Triumph Tiger, or KLR dual sport for back-country riding.
- Felt immensely proud to bring a live beaver to school for show and tell as a six year old, thanks to her father being a game warden.
- One of her few regrets in life was turning down the opportunity to drive her oldest brother's Nissan 350Z in downtown Seattle, WA. She now owns a manual transmission so that she is ready to drive every luxury race vehicle they'll let her get her hands on.
- Broke her nose on the most dangerous street in America in Lincoln, NM at Billy the Kid's hideout.
- Her first Hollywood production and red carpet premiere was for Kevin Costner's Swing Vote in which she played Officer O'Brien. She can additionally be spotted in the film as four other characters.
- Training at the time to be MovNat's first world-wide female instructor, she photographed Erwan LeCorre for Experience Life Magazine. She enjoys professionally photographing lifestyle, the macro insect world and exotic geologic landscapes.
- Though most often described as unique, when summarizing her in comparison to other actors, she's touted as "The dynamic adventurousness of Cobie Smulders meets the alluring sophistication and musical strength of Rebecca Ferguson blended with the fun-loving wit and comicality of Taika Waititi and powerful range of Meryl Streep.".
- Safely filmed an independent The Crimson Line with actor Brendan Fehr (Roswell, The Night Shift) during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown.
- As lead singer for Fat Albert Rotunda (an eight piece jazz - funk band) opened a concert for Maktub.
- Is often mistaken as a twin of her sister Clara De La Torre, a professional "road warrior" boxer turned screenwriter and novelist.
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