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SCRIPTS OPTIONED: ONE.
EMPLOYMENT: Present - PAID WRITER: Features, Shorts, Sitcom, Non-fiction books, Educational Grants, Websites, Cocktail napkins.
Forever - Present: Pursuing a dream of bringing comedy to the masses on the big and small screen, small group, or small bathroom stall.
Previous - 2004: Career Counselor / Director Counseling Program for large Insurance company.
FORMAL EDUCATION: GRADUATE UCLA SCHOOL OF THEATRE, FILM AND TELEVISION'S SCREENWRITING PROGRAM
B.A. - PSYCHOLOGY - CSU, LONG BEACH
M.S. - COUNSELING & EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY - CAL STATE, UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
HUMOR EDUCATION: Raised under the watchful eye of religion with 4 siblings who have great senses of humor.
*Seven long years working at an amusement park in California. *10 years working in the corporate cubical prison system of a LARGE insurance company. *Growing up around crazy neighbors who loved to do sketch comedy. *Sent to principles office 3 times in Freshman year for making the class laugh. Sophomore year learned to tell others what to say so they would get kicked out instead - priceless.
DREAM: Forever - Present: Bring comedy to the masses on the big and small screen or anywhere.
FIRST MEMORY OF GETTING LAUGHS: 5 years old - Family vacation with all six family members in our 64 Plymouth station wagon on the two-lane logging roads of the Pacific Northwest when after being nearly pushed off the road by a truck I said, I hope the next truck that comes down the mountain is a Hot Wheels.
FAVORITE COMEDY MOTTO: Tragedy plus time equals comedy.
THREE THINGS THAT WILL ALWAYS MAKE ME LAUGH: Food fights Sock puppets Women running in dresses.
THE THING THAT JUST ISN'T FUNNY: Gratuitous animal distress to get a laugh.
COMEDIC PIONEER INSPIRATIONS: Lilly Tomlin, Gilda Radner, Carol Burnett, Tina Fey.
FAVORITE COMEDY OF ALL TIME: TOOTSIE CONAN OR LETTERMAN?: BOTH GINGER OR MARYANN?: Lovey Howell
REFERENCES: available upon request.
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