On-camera and live-event host, moderator, and storyteller based in Asheville, NC. Ten+ years hosting stages of 50–500+, from red-carpet interviews and citywide 101-series programming to national conference keynotes and a self-produced weekly podcast. Classically trained stage actor, equally at home in drama and comedy, with a particular affinity for comedy and authenticity.
Live events
Co-Host, Memphis 101 series — New Memphis
Recurring series, three years running.
Red-Carpet Host / Interviewer — Indie Memphis Film Festival
On-camera interviews with filmmakers, honorees, and VIP guests.
Event winner — Spill It storytelling series, Memphis, TN
Live host & emcee — health and wellness events nationwide
Wrote, produced, and hosted original event content.
Stage performer — Six Flags "Fiesta Fin de Verano"
Led high-energy choreographed sets for large theme-park audiences.
Camp counselor & teen-event host
Large-group facilitation and entertainment for youth audiences.
2020 – present
What's On Your Mind? (2020–2023) — Creator, Writer, Producer & Host
Weekly interview podcast; started audio-only in 2020 and evolved into filmed live-audience events at Memphis pop-up locations, including The Arcade Restaurant. Featured local Memphis stories, guests from around the world, and travel-story episodes with her spouse. Guests ranged from local entrepreneurs and artists to national names — including Bachelor Nation's Olivia Caridi, one of the most-streamed episodes.
Frequent guest, various podcasts
Interviewed as a guest across a range of shows, most recently Just Bluffin' (Campfire Collective / WYXR Podcast Network, recorded at University of Memphis), profiled as podcast host, TEDx speaker, and mental health advocate.
Host, in-house podcast & video interview series — Regional One Health Solutions
TED Talk Speaker — "From 'What do you do for work?' to 'What's your story?'"
TEDx Memphis, hosted on ted.com/talks.
Keynote / Featured Speaker, Domopalooza
Domo's national AI + data conference; presented on healthcare data transformation as Director (now CEO), Regional One Health Solutions.
National speaking tour
Presents regularly to large groups across the U.S. on healthcare analytics as CEO, Regional One Health Solutions LLC.
Founder, JRPW Services
Professional facilitation, training, and public-speaking services; storytelling coach.
Audiobook Narrator — Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card
Recorded for Learning Ally, an accessibility audiobook program for print-disabled listeners.
Narrator, books & stories — Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (now Learning Ally)
Voice performer — Interactive Theatre Carolina
Podcast-style recorded scene, "Way to be accepting of others."
Viola — Twelfth Night (community/regional production)
Hermia — A Midsummer Night's Dream (community/regional production)
Interactive Theatre Carolina, Office of Student Wellness — UNC Chapel Hill
Devised, issue-based theatre troupe. Began as a paid ensemble actor, then advanced into a hired Facilitator / Group Leader role, training incoming performers and leading Image Theatre & Theatre of the Oppressed workshops. Rotating repertoire spanned sexual health, heterosexism and racism, body image, street theatre, microaggressions, classism, sexual assault, abusive relationships, depression and suicide, emotional abuse, disordered eating, HIV/AIDS, social media, and stress management.
UNC Sex-Ed Squad — "My revolution is to talk"
Activist theatre for Carrboro/Chapel Hill 9th graders.
Facilitator (paid), Image Theatre / Theatre of the Oppressed workshops
Gender & sexism, race/media, power & privilege, HIV/AIDS & condom negotiation, stress & self-care, alcohol & sexual assault, stereotypes.
Facilitator (paid), health equity & social-justice workshops
LGBTQ wellness & ally training, Black women's health, racism & stress, alcohol awareness, sexual health, interpersonal violence prevention, body image & disordered eating.
Duo Interpretation & Duet Improv competitor — Tennessee High School Speech & Drama League
Comedy improv team member — high school (1 year)
Co-Captain, competitive acting team (forensics) — high school
TN Governor's School for the Arts — Middle Tennessee State University (theatre arts)
Speech & acting — Lee Blair, Mark Cabus
Image Theatre / Theatre of the Oppressed — Amy Burtaine
Additional hosting, red-carpet, and speaking clips available on request. References available on request.
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