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.