Alumni Spotlight: Victor Joel Ortiz ’03

FIU alumnus Victor Joel Ortiz with Angela Lansbury

Name: Victor Joel Ortiz ‘03

Degree: Bachelor in Liberal Studies, Minors in Theater, Business and Entrepreneurship and a Certificate of Film Studies. It took six years and a change in majors to get!

My work: Actor living and working in New York City.

My inspiration: Everyone who didn’t believe in me.

My family: Is the security blanket that allows me to be who I am without fear.

My proudest accomplishment: Working on Broadway with Cynthia Nixon, Annette Bening, Angela Lansbury, Peter Gallagher, John Slattery, Zoe Caldwell and Keri Russell.

How do you bleed Blue & Gold? Religiously!