Films, Talk-shows, Podcasts, Series
AWOL: Short-Film/Pilot
AWoL is a short film, acting as a proof of concept for a series, that I and a team of special-needs educators came together to bring to life. It is based on my experience working at a non-public school in the greater Los Angeles area where I grew up.
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This project is important to me because it expands our understanding of what a child with special needs looks like. Being separated from my mother at three years old was traumatic and though I was resilient, it was not until high school that I became confident and ambitious.
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I had never heard of a Non-Public School before being interviewed for the job. I learned a lot about myself through the eyes, tenacity, truth, love, and grit of kids who experience daily truths tougher than I had. This experience forced me to revisit and finally address my own trauma. AWOL the series illustrates the process of addressing trauma – for both the students and the staff.
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What Do You Do?!: Digital Series
What Do You Do?! is a non-scripted interview-style series. As the host, I meet with guests to discuss their careers and the paths that led them there while allowing for a hands-on learning segment where I attempt to do some aspect of their work!
What Do You Do?! aims to expose career opportunities while highlighting the wild and often non-linear journeys that lead us to our passions. For some, we know when we’re young. For others, it comes later. For some, it’s clear. Others experience a fog of curiosities that led, guided, pushed (and pulled) but ultimately called us to our life’s work.
We would simply like to share the journey & enjoyment of one's work with the audience.
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Actors Eating Burgers: Digital Series
Actors Eating Burgers is digital talk- series that marries my love of hamburgers with my endless curiosity of the storyteller's journey. Follow along as I interview your favorite actor while eating their favorite burger. We learn about the actors through the food and restaurants that shaped them the most.
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Big Talk with Christian Henley: Podcast
Big Talk with Christian Henley is a podcast that explores life's larger questions and the human condition through uncomfortably candid conversations.
Part 1 of a series of conversations with Independent Filmmaker Garrett Montgomery, covers the unspoken connection of his love for film and the close (yet distant) relationship with his biological father. In this episode, we even cover a bit my background and the pieces of people that shaped my world view. Stay tuned for an ongoing conversation with G.C. Mont as we delve into some of the philosophies & religions that color his lens as award-winning filmmaker...
Today's discussion covers everything from Lisa's intended path as a female Christian pop star to their journey identifying as Non-Binary. As a white woman having lived in Kenosha, WI (recently made popular by the shooting of Jacob Blake) we discuss the psychology of Karens that Lisa admits to having been in parts of her own life. Now, as a licensed Trauma-Informed Yoga instructor, she touches on developmental trauma and how we may begin the process of "shaking off" past events that may still be hanging on...