one of the boys, Luke Jenson

I was born January 20, 2004, in Fort Worth, Texas. Fun fact about me is I hold the

record at Harris Southwest Hospital as the second longest baby ever born at that

hospital. I am currently 6’4 inches tall.

I come from a very close-knit family. I grew up with my parents and two older sisters.

My father is a psychologist, and my mother is a registered nurse. My mom stayed at

home to raise me and my sisters. My sisters are both married, and I have five nieces

and nephews. We see each other all the time, spend holidays together and go on

vacations together. I also have four dogs that range in size from a Great Pyrenees to a

miniature Yorkshire Terrier.

My parents didn’t tell me I had autism until I was almost 18 years old. I went to Pre-K

for a year then started Kindergarten in public school. After a couple of weeks of

kindergarten, my parents realized my struggles and felt I would benefit most from a

small classroom setting and so they moved me to Wedgwood Academy. I had a lot of

friends at Wedgwood and the teachers were great. I was excited and proud of myself

when I graduated but I was very sad that my time there was over. After graduation, I

took some classes at a Tarrant County College where I learned how to weld, but that

definitely was not for me. What I was interested in was multimedia production and

acting, so my parents enrolled me in Fort Worth Acting School to tap into my skills.

Soon I started making videos. I didn’t know if viewing the world through a camera lens

is an autism thing or just my thing, but I loved it. When I was young, I would make

reality tv documentaries about my daily life in our household. As I got older, I started

creating characters and shooting different episodes of anime characters I created, and

we would arrest fugitives and solve crimes. This helped me learn green screen work

and video editing. Because I enjoyed mixing the soundtracks and other music that

accompanied the videos, I learned how to play the guitar and the drums.

In the future I hope to continue my work in Multimedia production and continue to

pursue a career in acting and voiceovers. My dad and I set up a sound booth in our

house and I’ve gotten some jobs doing voiceover work. I am excited to be a part of the

Tommy and Ray movie project. My friend Raymond did a great job with the script, and I

think it’s an inspirational story. I hope to do justice to my character; Tim and I’m looking

forward to the first day of filming and then seeing the finished product.