I continued my career in 2011 as the US payroll manager, travel manager, and executive assistant to the CEO of Russell Reynolds Associates in New York. Advertisement AdvertisementMy most recent corporate role was from August 2018 through November 2024 as an executive business partner at Google. I earned just over $200,000 from Google when I left the company, including base salary and equity exercised at the time. Here's how my creative gap year has played out so farI kicked off my gap year with the first of six acting classes and began French lessons. Advertisement AdvertisementFrom losing my dog and job, to recovering from knee surgery, to becoming an award-winning actor and filmmaker, blows my mind.