Mia isn't just a dreamer. She's also a hard worker. By day, she works as a barista in the Warner Brother's lot, making around $16,000 a year and $1,333 monthly. In the evenings, she is attending audition after audition, rehearsing tirelessly (including during traffic on the 405 in the opening dance number). By night, she is going to industry parties trying to fit in, trying to get noticed, and trying to find another person who sees her, sees her as something more than someone in the crowd.