Life experiences, a natural warm and friendly voice, natural empathy, and a bit of intelligence to boot.
I am professional but also highly personable. I give my best performance every time with the understanding that perfect is usually the enemy of done, so multiple takes are usually safe, but so is meeting a deadline.
In default narrative, I am the ubiquitous friendly next door neighbor.
I can dial up or down the warmth and speed to fit a project so it feels right whether financial, technical, or a humanitarian relief organization.
I've lived in several locations in the United States and can natively perform in several regional accents (East Coast Southern, Pennsylvania/New Jersey, California). I can also do Boston/New York, Deeper Southern, and other regions. I can do most European accents. For some reason I just can't seem to get the hang of Australian.
In addition to acting and audio and video work, I have education and real-world experience in graphic design, IT, computer programming, creative and non-creative writing.
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Began training at Voice One in San Francisco in 2021
Classes with Jim Edgar, Pam Lawrence, Sally Clawson
Studied core curriculum, some advanced classes ( Character class with Bob Bergen who told me in 2022, "You can do this. Need a bit more training, but you can do this." and Narration)
One-on-one coaching with Elaine Clark 2023-2024
Elocution and singing lessons with Richard Jennings 2024-current
Still taking occasional coaching sessions with Elaine Clark and Jim Edgar.
Narration Demo directed and produced by Elaine Clark in July 2025
Ongoing improv classes at Made Up Theater, Fremont, CA (started Improv training at Voice One, but Fremont is easier to get to).
Ongoing voice over classes (you never stop improving), generally via Zoom but sometimes in-person.
Currently ramping up my 'stable' of character voices along with other things.
Deneyim
When I was 12-13, I performed in a local production of Scrooge (musical)
Before Voice Acting, I was a professional teleprompter for over 2 years. I know what it is like to work on both taped and live sets.
Currently working on audiobook for 2nd novel for Raven Press (Scottsdale, AZ)
I am doing the narration and male character dialogues (client wants a feel closer to audio play). Managing fellow voice actor who is doing the female dialogue.
I'm doing the engineering as well.
I do engineering for lombardy studios (many of their more recent videos on youtube).
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Can do range of convincing animal sounds and other sounds and can incorporate them into character voices.
A smattering of Korean and Spanish, but not functional at this point.
5 years doing over-the-phone tech support mostly with retail customers. Before the .com crash was a user interface developer (Master's Degree in Information Sciences), so I understand tech as well as how to explain things to non-techies.
I've done a bit of professional writing and editing for tabletop roleplaying games (a lot 'ghost' work, some credited)
Professional teleprompter for over 2 years for Magic Teleprompting in San Francisco - prompted several well-known celebrities (CEO of one of the largest tech companies, former Network News Anchor, one of the top NBA stars of the past decade, etc....). One important bit is that I don't act like a fan, even if I am one.
Some Latin classes during pre-college education; currently revising my knowledge of the language.