Cocktails Over Coffee

After battling years of severe allergies and a life threatening chronic illness, Katy, The Fake Vegan, was determined to find healing and opted for holistic healing practices. Her wellness site was created to explore alternative lifestyle techniques that can be easily incorporated in the everyday life. Her passion for personal healing motivates her to share her 10+ years of wellness knowledge with others to promote community healing leaving behind her 8+ year corporate coffee. To The Fake Vegan, health is about endless mental possibilities, spiritual depth and the physical exploration of no limits. Check out her website at thefakevegan2.com and follow her journey on Instagram @_thefakevegan.

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Amy Ling is an inspiring NYC entrepreneur focusing on bringing wellness to nail care products and services. By combining her passion for mindful living and Columbia MBA: Amy is known as a wellness leader in the New York Times, for disrupting the professional nail care market by making manicures more mindful. As a leader, she’s not a stranger to ambition — she’s also recognized by Elle.com, as a key business women in the creation of one of the biggest retail developments in New York City, Hudson Yards. 

While growing up in China, Amy was always very interested in wellness through meditation and mindful living  — flash forward many years, she has brought these practices to New York City, and is supporting and empowering fellow immigrants, in a safe and growing sundays workspace. 

After opening the first sundays location in 2017, Amy realized there was a need to create her own custom meditation, specifically designed to accompany a manicure and pedicure. She partnered with a reiki and meditation teacher to create 6 short beginner meditations that help clients relax even further during their mani or pedi service. This has been a distinguishing service that sets sundays apart from their competitors.

sundays now has 3 locations in Manhattan and over 60 stockist locations in 10 different countries. In a short period of time, Amy's business vision is quickly gaining international and local acclaim with press coverage in the Wall Street Journal, Vogue USA, Vogue France, Grazia, Elle, Instyle, Allure and Glamour magazine. 

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Tannis Spencer is the founder of Micole Creative Studios; a creative photo and video production company. She is a full-time film director and creative director based in Harlem, New York. She earned a Bachelor’s degree from The American University in 2012. Tannis has over 8 years experience in the digital content space professionally and considers herself a digital native creative that sees and thinks big picture storytelling and strategy.

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Chi-Chi Ari is a wedding journalist that draws inspiration from her fashion background, love of the arts, and nature.

She moved to New York to study fashion design at Parsons, The New School for Design. The city was filled with inspiration and she always had a camera in hand to document everyday living. After working many years as a fashion designer, the undeniable hopeful romantic in her fell into wedding photography.

Chi-Chi's process during every wedding is to capture heart and soul. She uses a photojournalistic style to capture delicate details, special moments, and heartfelt emotion that highlight the unique mood of each wedding.

Really, she just loves a good story and couples vowing their forevers to each other is one of the most special.

She is based in New York and available to travel. Contact her to capture your day.

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Kenneth Kyrell is a Disk Jockey, Executive Producer/ Co-Host of CURATED: The Creative’s Podcast, and Social- Influencer. Kenneth is known to captivate audiences with his eclectic mix of R&B, Hip-Hop, House, and Funk; all while introducing up and coming Artists and taking the crowd down memory lane with many forgotten gems. After working in the Fashion industry for five years as a Fashion Buyer and Fashion Director; Kenneth decided to pursue Music and focus on his personal passions and projects full-time.

Kenneth has quickly gained a loyal fanbase and has been recognized as being a leading selector of music by numerous clients and platforms including AFROPUNK as one of the “10 DJs in NYC You Need to Know.” With a wide range of clients including Dolce & Gabbana, HBO, Macy’s, and the W Hotels; Kenneth has been able to merge his love for Music, Fashion, and speaking by collaborating on projects with a plethora of brands including: GQ Magazine, Calvin Klein, HUGO Boss and more in the realm of DJing, Media Correspondent work, and brand partnerships.

With undeniable creativity, huge personality, and love of connecting with people through music, Kenneth’s vision and talent is sure to keep people entertained both on and off the dance floor, red carpets, and television screens.

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Mark Clennon is an Internet professional and a NYC-based photographer. In addition to working with some of the largest web properties on the Internet, he’s also creating a name for himself in photography. In 2016, he’s had opportunities to shoot for Pepsi, Travel Noire, Russell Simmons’ Rush Card, music festivals and more. He attributes his success to his relationships with friends and family who inspire and encourage him on a daily basis.

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Dionne and Pooja met in a chance encounter in the south of France while on vacation. They bumped into each other at a club in sunny St. Tropez, and quickly hit it off. The two became friends when Dionne moved to New York City. While Dionne was studying at the American Academy for Dramatic Arts and Pooja was working in fashion, they began brainstorming ideas for shows and started writing together. They ultimately became a filmmaker duo, creating their own original work in NYC, LA, and The Netherlands.

Amsterdam Ave is a new dramady web-series about two girls, one Dutch and one American, switching places to follow their dreams while living abroad.

The show is created by a strong team of female filmmakers. The series is written by the female filmmaker duo Dionne van den Berg & Pooja Tripathi, who also star in the series as Maya and Kyran. It is directed by Amanda Hanna-Mcleer, an up-and-coming director who's been on Comedy Central's Broad City post-production team for the past 5 seasons. The cinematographer is Eveline Haverlag, an established young filmmaker based in Amsterdam. Music Direction will be done by DJ twins Coco & Breezy who also make an appearance in the series. Dutch and American talent includes Catherine Curtin, Beau Schneider, Farrieda Smit, Michael de Roos, and Manoushka Zeegelaar Breeveld.

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Jovel Roystan is a 29-year old actor and men’s lifestyle content creator, born and bred in Houston, but currently based in BK. Having partnered with dozens of brands within the fashion, travel, and creative spaces, and now diving back into the world of acting and visual storytelling, he uses social media and film as platforms to share his unique take on twenty-something living with other young dreamers like himself—you know, the ones who desire more than 9-to-5's and Netflix.

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Chef Janine Cabrini was born and raised on the beautiful island of Jamaica where her first encounters with food occurred on the farm and vast lush green lands of her family’s property. An ordinary day of her childhood consisted of being awakened by the crowing of roosters, chores included tending the chicken coop grabbing fresh eggs still warm to the touch. She accompanied her Grandfather tending to their pastures and livestock, holding the pale as he milked the cows, visiting the market to grab necessities, and assisted in the choice of fresh catch being sold by the fisherman door to door. Furthermore, she stood by her Grandmother's side as she skillfully maintained the progression of meal preparation in the kitchen assisting in tasks such as kneading dough, stirring the pot, and most importantly, the role of taste tester. 

Her relationship with food developed under the mentorship of her Mother in America, who was a frequent cook for her community in different aspects for copious amounts of people, by the hundreds, almost on a monthly consistency. The responsibilities matured to completing the shopping and returning with correct change of course, taking part in the mis en place and filling in as her line cook. Overtime, a high school teacher observed and sought out for Janine to recognize her passion and follow through, resulting in her obtaining Bachelors of Hospitality Management with an area of focus in French Culinary Arts, including completion of an Italian cuisine externship at Andrew Tarlow's restaurant, Roman's. With professional knowledge and culinary experiences such as working under The Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, Chef Janine Cabrini officially commenced her premier culinary services entity in 2014, Dine Eclectic LLC. Years later, those efforts have grown immensely and continues to bloom bringing forth new sectors under the umbrella of culinary.

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In this inaugural episode of Cocktails over Coffee, we sit down with Actor and Producer, Michael Oloyede. He is best known as the title character ‘Blue’ on BET Digital’s award winning “Brooklyn.Blue.Sky.” and the New York Times Critic's Pick play, "Inanimate" at The Flea Theater. Michael was named “New Actor of the Year” at 2018’s Igrushi Black Excellence Gala in Atlanta.

British born and Southern raised, Michael is the son of Nigerian parents who now calls New York City home. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in marketing and working in the corporate world for a couple of years, thoughts of his childhood dream slowly began to bubble back up. He enrolled to train at both the Stella Adler School of Acting and Anthony Meindl's Actor's Workshop, and has since worked steadily in film, television and stage.

Michael considers himself lucky to spread his love of storytelling both in front of and from behind the camera. In addition, he is passionate about his position as Head of Community Outreach and Digital Strategy for The Creative Collective NYC, the driving force behind #CultureCon.

Cocktails over Coffee is hosted by Jenae Green a former New York City fashion executive who left her corporate job in luxury fashion and moved to Paris. There she taught a self-built Event Planning course at the International Fashion Academy Paris, followed by months of travel throughout Europe. Upon her return to the city, in addition to pursuing her life as a consultant, she wanted to find a way to inspire others to take the leap to happiness and alas, Cocktails over Coffee was born.

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Recorded at Multitude Studio