Jonni is joined by the founder of Simply Hermosa discussing the upcoming fashion show to be held at the Ramada Tucson celebrating body positivity and women's empowerment.

Jonni talks with sound designer and trained classical soprano, Lindsey McHugh, who was born without eyes about Disability Pride Month and how she has followed her passions despite the struggles navigating in a sighted world and why advocates are vital to the disabled community.

Jonni interviews Tiphani Law, a transgender female and the Vice President of Differently Abled Entertainment (DAE), discussing her journey in the entertainment industry and her involvement with DAE.

Jonni talks with actress and fashion consultant Diane Donato for Mental Health Awareness month. Diane shares how her breakdowns became BREAKTHROUGHS, and how color can be used to help us heal.

Diane Donato, born April 15, 1949 in Waterbury, CT
Attended St. Joseph’s College in Standish, Maine and graduate in 1971 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree w/ a Major in Social Sciences, English Minor
Even with a college degree back in 1971 I could only get clerical/secretarial jobs upon graduation from college. Women were still the victims of discrimination in the work place.
After College I moved to Boston, Mass where I lived until around January 1974.
I did get into a bar fight and got a head injury around 1972, unsure of the date. This head injury may have been the cause of my “nervous breakdowns” that didn’t manifest until 1985. I was diagnosed as having temporal lobe epilepsy which manifests symptoms the same as bipolar.
My first experience as a business owner was in 1980 as an independent Cosmetic Consultant with Aloe Charm cosmetics. It is no longer in business.
I founded Clothes Encounters Image Consulting in 1987. And soon after I became affiliated with Karla Jordan Kollections as an independent sales rep so that I could purchase their fabulous jewelry and sell it in Clothes Encounters. During that time I met numerous image consultants from across the country and I took all of their classes. I learned lots about yin and yang and colors and fashion energy during that time. Unfortunately my businesses couldn’t support me so I always had to have a full time job to support me. I got divorced in1982. Have been single since then.
In 1999 I was 50 years old and needed to do something about planning my retirement. I was able to secure a great job with the State of Connecticut in Affirmative Action and EEO. I retired from there in 2011.
Sometime around 2003/2004 I met Keshav Howe, Master Shaman, and began studying with him and learned about Chinese Medicine from him and incorporated his teachings in my Image Consulting at Clothes Encounters.
Upon retirement from the State of CT, I wrote my book “Clothes Encounters of the Divine Kind”, Where Image Reflects the Truth.
In 2015 for weather and financial reasons I moved to Tucson, Arizona.
In 2017 or 2018 I met some film people in Arizona and started taking acting classes and have been in several films here in Tucson.
During the pandemic everything came to a screeching halt except Mark Headley made a few Shakespeare films and we all work masks while doing them.
It was during the pandemic that I decided to write a movie “Single Minded” It is mostly fiction but was inspired by my life as a single senior citizen. I play the lead in it. It is in post production now.
I recently was the lead in a short film “Witchery” which premieres on April 15, 2023, which happens to be my birthday.

Jonni features a local group that overcame their personal struggles through music and self expression. These struggles include, Fibromyalgia, learning disabilities and social anxiety.

BIO - Glitter and The Zombie Freaks
Welcome to the Band "Glitter And The Zombie Freaks", a family group with Glitter: lead singer, songwriter, Lazer: drums, Viper: Bass, Calico: lead guitar, Aqua: rhythm guitar, keyboard and "Shaman" Joseph Cornell.
The band is managed by William Sloat. This band is based in Tucson, Arizona. “We are coming out with a new music genre called Zombie.
Why are we Zombies? We see the world as dead – no emotions and no feeling left in this world. We bring the dead back to life with our music and when you bring the dead back to life you get Zombies.”Welcome, world, to the Zombie Apocalypse.
GLITTER (Kathyjo Sloat): Lead singer, songwriter. Born in Charleston, West Virginia as Kathyjo Cornell. My zodiac sign is Capricorn. I have loved to be in the spot light since I was a little girl. I believe I was born for a reason – see, I was born December 25, 1976 to Mary & Joseph Cornell. The day before I was born my mom was told I was going to be a still-born. Well, I was born 9:30am Christmas morning! I want to be remembered – I want to change the world. The world is full of hate and it needs to be full of love and kindness. We want to make a difference. I love singing, acting and dancing. I love Alice in Wonderland, MADtv and Green Acres.
LAZER ZOMBIE: Drums. Born as Lazer Sloat on October 11, 1994 in Glendale, West Virginia. My zodiac sign is Libra. I always wanted to be a Super Hero. I love the music group Kiss. I bring to the world happiness. My power is my family. If I had a million dollars I would build a small homeless shelter to start and help the homeless, like my dream, then grow it bigger.
VIPER ZOMBIE: Bass. Born as Viper Ray Sloat on January 7, 1996 in Alliance, Ohio. My zodiac sign is Capricorn. I wanted to be a fashion designer when I grew up. I love fashion, video games, Prince, Lady Gaga and The Black Eyed Peas.
CALICO ZOMBIE: Lead guitar. Born as Calico Kat Sloat on March 29, 1997 in Tucson, Arizona. My zodiac sign is Aries. I love Katy Perry, Ozzy Osbourne, the groups, Train and Imagine Dragons. I love to bring to the world new music, new style and new cars.
AQUA ZOMBIE: Rhythm guitar, keyboard. Born as Aqua Will Sloat on January 31, 1999 in Tucson, Arizona. My zodiac sign is Aquarius. It’s kind of cool that my name is Aqua and I’m an Aquarius :)) When I was a kid I wanted to be an actor. I love Flo Rider and David Guetta. I love to write songs and play music.
SHAMAN: Born September 4, 1984 as Joseph Bernard Cornell in Tucson Arizona. My zodiac sign is Virgo. When I was a kid I wanted to be a secret agent and a wrestler. I love Mr. Bean, Beetlejuice, Wall-E and Batman. I also love Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson and George Michael. I want to bring happiness to the world and bring the world together.
WILLIAM SLOAT (Manager): Born May 27, 1956 in Chicago Heights, Illinois. My zodiac sign is Gemini. Besides managing the band, I love fixing cars.

Jonni's special guest for this episode is Crystal Wood AKA Lyric.
Musician/Rapper. Crystal shares her experiences of being a women in the Hip-Hop industry and the challenges she faces, and the therapeutic nature of song writing!

Personal Bio ~ Crystal Wood

Crystal is a military brat; born in Madrid, Spain. She has lived in Missouri, Tokyo, Japan, Maryland, Washington D.C. and Tucson, Arizona. She’s lived here in Tucson for 18 years so says she’s from here (Tucson) now!

Crystal went to Utterback middle school for the last 5 months of middle school, and went to Palo Verde High School. She was freshman class president, but she dropped out in sophomore year, but got her GED in 2009. She went to all of the Pima Community College campuses except Desert Vista. She went to school for Business Management.

The focus of Lyric's Rose LLC is to distill my own essential oils and create health and beauty products using all natural ingredients. The product line will also be alkaline (with a PH balance of 7). it is meant to replace all of your health and beauty products with harsh chemicals (all of them). To ensure the quality of the products, and a higher oil yield, I am looking to buy a plot of land and grow the plants used in these products. I'd also like to use this land as a community garden.
I would like to eventually expand and own a health and wellness center that has the product line for sale in the front and has a focus on yoga, fitness, stretching, breathing, and nutrition. at night it could double as a venue space to help local artists and musicians of all genres have a place to practice and perform.

Currently I am a rapper, singer, songwriter, and performer. I've recently had the opportunity to open up for a couple famous rappers including; Bizzy Bone (from Bone Thugs -n- Harmony), The Luniz, and DJ Paul (from Three 6 Mafia). I have an album

I'm working on coming out soon it's called Scam Likely. One of my main songs  Revenge has a feature from X-Raided and there is plenty of tucson local rappers featured in the album as well. I will be performing at the arizona mixtape music awards and the tucson hip hop showcase

Jonni has a great interview with award winning producer Shelby F Elwood.
They talk about the collaboration with Cobrainey Media and Differently Abled Entertainment's future movie production and other pending film projects!

BIO ~ Shelby F. Elwood
Producer, CEO - Cobrainey Media Partners, LLC

Born & raised in north Alabama, studied Music & Journalism in college. Went into an engineering program, consulted to the nuclear power industry for 15 years. Learned filmmaking as a stay-at-home Mom, became my second career in 2000. I've always been a storyteller; the power production career just honed my business skills!
Husband Bill is an optometrist, and partner in Cobrainey Media. Two sons, 1 in AL, 1 in FL. 2 Stepchildren: 1 in WI & 1 in IN - and the cutest grandson in the world!

Cobrainey Media was incorporated to make films and music, and to collaborate with other creatives. Our work has given us the opportunity to work with creatives in the U.S., Mexico, Canada, including Indigenous Peoples across North America, and most recently Pakistan and India. As our vision becomes more global, we look forward to telling stories from around the world. Hat Trick Pictures was incorporated with 2 Canadian partners, for filmmaking in Canada.

Jonni interviews cinematographer/producer Avai d'Amico and talks about his current anthology project, A Kind of Mystery and his other projects in the Tucson film industry, including what's happening with his latest films, 8000 Ft Up and A Tuesday Wedding.

Personal Bio ~ Avai d’Amico

Avai d'Amico, cinematographer and adventurer, moved from frozen Minnesota to sunny Tucson for the climate. When he's not filming his anthology, "A Kind of Mystery," you can find him scaling the mountain peaks surrounding Tucson.

I've produced two feature films - "Positive" and "A Tiny House Christmas" - which are now streaming on Amazon, Tubi, and available on Blu-ray at Walmart. My feature thriller "8000 Ft Up" won at the 30th annual Arizona International Film Festival.

I'm currently producing an anthology titled "A Kind of Mystery" made of standalone stories spanning the mystery, crime, sci-fi, and fantasy genres. This production is a 501(c)(3) non-profit.

Host of this first episode Jonni Campbell, has two informative and interesting guests, Director of "In Terror" and Actor Keith Lopez. Extraordinary DAE will feature all sorts of entertainers and performers for the world of film and stage.

About - Ben Freese

Ben Freese started making movies at the age of 14 and he's never stopped. Now a local fixture on the Tucson AZ independent market, he has recently completed filming a feature length film called "In Terror".

Ben wrote, directed, produced and edited the movie, due to release early next year. His love for film is boundless and he's worked on many sets and projects to prove it.

Ben Freese and Zachary Rhein head up In Flight Productions and intend on producing many projects together.

Their first feature together is the full length movie "In Terror".

Ben and Zach have worked extensively on multiple projects together and share a love of the silver screen.

Looking to make feature films and shorts.

ABOUT ~ Keith Lopez

Keith is a AZ native. He is the youngest age 19 to graduate from the ALEATA, AZ LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING ACADEMY.

Keith had a 21 year career as a police officer Detective Sergeant which ended due to a on duty injury.

He has been involved in the film industry for 14 years now and has been in about 150 productions, feature films, documentaries, shorts and commercials.

Notable recent films with a leading role are the Anti-Corona virus movie, The Righteous Twelve, Run Rabbit, rings of the Unpromised and In Terror to name a few.