BEFORE GETTING INTO ACTING , TELES PURSUED A COMMERCE DEGREE AT CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY , BUT SOON FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS NOT WHERE SHE WANTED TO BE . “ AS I WENT THROUGH LIFE , THERE WAS THIS LITTLE VOICE THAT KEPT TELLING ME I WOULD ALWAYS REGRET IT IF I DIDN ’ T AT LEAST TRY .” TELES WAS RELUCTANT TO PURSUE ACTING AS SHE WAS NOT SURE IF SHE WOULD END UP FINDING HER WAY . “ ONE DAY I FINALLY GAVE IN . I MADE A PROMISE THAT I WOULD GIVE MYSELF THREE YEARS , AND IF I DIDN ’ T FIND MY WAY IN THAT TIME , I WOULD MOVE ON .” THAT ’ S WHEN TELES SIGNED UP FOR HER FIRST ACTING CLASS , AND KNEW SHE WAS WHERE SHE NEEDED TO BE . “ I FELT THIS SENSE OF ARRIVAL . LIKE A LIGHT TURNED ON AND I HAD FOUND MY PASSION AND I KNEW IT .” AFTER TELES WAS DONE WITH HER STUDIES OF BOTH COMMERCE AND ACTING , SHE MOVED BACK TO VANCOUVER WHERE SHE DEDICATED HERSELF TO , AND PURSUED HER ACTING CAREER . TELES WAS CASTED IN EKACHAI UEKRONGTHAM ’ S MOVIE , SKIN TRADE , AS ROSA CASSIDY .