The Jayme Starr Podcast

Nicki Sun is a digital consultant based in Los Angeles, California. With this job, she works as a producer, director, host and cinematographer just to name a few of roles. Sun knew she wanted to work in the industry during her last semester go her junior year of college, and she has been working at it/in it ever since. One of her major projects is her amazon live show called, Tech Nicki Speaking. Sun uses this platform not only to host a show, but while on camera she teaches users how to work all different sorts of technical equipment as well as equipment for film making. One of her major goals is to make being able to create projects that require anything that Sun specializes in accessible for all. Tech Nicki Speaking airs on both NAB Show and on Amazon Live for all to enjoy. Another passion that Sun has is recognizing women for their passions. She visions that in the future women should be able to get same amount of love and support that men do when it comes to sharing their passions with the world. For anything and everything Nicki sun check out her website www.nickisun.com

Gerianne Perez is a musical theatre star who is best known for her work in the hit Broadway musical, Waitress. Prior to the COVID pandemic, she got the opportunity to be on the national tour of Waitress along side season 2 podcast guest, Bailey McCall. She was lucky enough to be on tour and travel with the show for two years. After the Broadway shutdown because of COVID, Perez got the opportunity to bring the show back to Broadway with the composer of the show, Sara Barreilles. In both companies she got to part take in, Perez was a swing and understudied the role of Dawn. Waitress has made a huge impact on Perez and her career and she hopes it continues to to touch the lives of many others just like it touched her. 

Jena Sims is an entrepreneur and social media influencer based in Jupiter, Florida. She is the founder and CEO of Pageants of Hope which is a non-profit organization to help celebrate who they are despite any challenges that they may face. Sims has been lucky enough to take her organization all around the globe and help make an impact on the lives of young kids in more than just the US. Her events have been a huge success, and now that things are starting to be bit more normal, she is hoping that things will grow rapidly. Additionally, Sims is also a social media influencer. She has over 249,000 people following her on Instagram. She loves being able to show off her passions both personally and professionally on social media with hopes to inspire others as they grow older.

Leah Fennelly is a girl with many hats when it comes to the professional world. She is currently residing in Orlando, Florida where she is a a law school student with hopes to have a career in that field some day. Currently, she is working as a model, and influencer on TikTok. Fennelly started to gain a following on TikTok over the course of the pandemic when she was looking for things to do to make time go by when everyone was stuck at home. During this time, she realized that this is something she has a passion for and she can pursue it professionally. When she isn't posing for the camera or studying to be the next best lawyer, Fennelly works at Hooters as a waitress and sports the iconic uniform that has become signature for the company. She even has gotten some opportunities to be featured in some of the promotional material on their social media pages. Fennelly loves getting the chance to learn about all that she is passionate and hopes to take her knowledge with her wherever she goes in the future. 

Katie LaMark is a musical theater star based in New York City. She was the very first person to portray Maureen Johnson on the 20th anniversary tour of Rent. Besides that she has gotten to go on two other national tours to share her talents with audience members all across the country. Most recently, LaMark was in a production of Jesus Christ Superstar in Connecticut. Besides having a passion for musical theater and performing, LaMark has always had a love for makeup. She has her own company called Makeup Theory Sessions where she teaches clients which shades and colors go good with their skin tones, and assists them with making sure the makeup in which they are applying is not only beautiful on their faces, but also healthy and won't cause any serious skin damage. LaMark also has done makeup professionally on several different photo and video shoots. All of her work is displayed on her instagram for those who are interested in checking it out. LaMark is a prime example of being able to share multiple passions with the world as she does with both musical theater and makeup.

Kassi Mansfield is a social media influencer and fitness business owner. She runs Kassi M Fitness which not only supplies it's subscribers with workouts to do both at home and the gym, but also with meal plans and support groups on social media where subscribers can connect with one another on a non fitness level to find ways to relate to one another, and pick each other up when they are falling down. Plus, Mansfield herself is also in these groups so she is there to not only mentor her subscribers but to also be their as a support system when the need it. On top of working in the fitness world, Mansfield is also a very successful social media influencer. Her success comes from Instagram where she has over 492K followers. She does create TikTok's every once and a while, but for everything and anything Kassi Instagram is the place to be. It is without a doubt that Mansfield career in both social media influencing and fitness will keep rising and giving her much more success.

Brennyn Lark is an actor, singer, and musical theater performer. She made her broadway debut in Les Miserables where she played Eponine. Lark made her debut along side season 1 guest, Erika Henningsen who portrayed the role of Fantine. A major surprise in her career, was getting the chance to work in London in the West End. Lark starred in Dream Girls for her West End debut which made her fall in love with performing over seas. Additionally, she got the opportunity to play Tzipporah in the world premiere of The Prince of Egypt musical. Lark hopes to keep expanding her resume by trying different ways to share her passion for musical theatre with the world.

Parker McKay is a singer who was featured on this past season of The Voice. After auditioning for many different singing competition, show McKay got the offer of a life time to be part of Kelly Clarkson's team in the fall 2021 season. Not only was she part of the team, but she was the final person to make it to a team for Season 21 when she closed out the blind auditions. McKay made it to the battle rounds of the hit NBC show, where she got to battle against The Cunningham Sisters, and be mentored by Jason Aldean in preparation for the performance. Being part of a show like this has been a dream come true for McKay, and it allowed her to learned so much about the industry over the course of her experience. 

Claire Crause is a professional dancer based in New York City. She grew up not too far from me, in Ann Arbor, Michigan and graduated from Pioneer High School. After high school. she then went on to pursue a dance degree from the University of Michigan. now, living in New York City, Crause has worked in promotional material for season 1 podcast guest, Diana DeGarmo. Plus, she was a dancer for the Jonas Brothers music video for their song "Only Human." Additionally, Crause made her professional theatre debut in the ensemble of Footloose at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, where she had the privilege to star on stage beside the late Rebecca Luker before Luker's passing in 2020.