Jon Alston talks to Avianna about his upbringing, adversity early on and setting his sights on the NFL. He shares about leaving Stanford to go pro, deciding that he was done with football and transitioning to Hollywood to tell stories. He discusses his ambitious first swing making a feature film, getting a writing job on the Netflix show All American and taking his current short film, Augustus, on the festival track. He shares what matters to him, focusing on truth telling with his art and what he hopes for the future. Check out Jon's links below:

http://www.jonalston.com/about

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Alston

https://vimeo.com/cgfilmco

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4679707/

https://www.instagram.com/the.alston/