BIO'S
Erik Williams, Founder and creative director
worked for 7 years and became a top manager for 3 of those 7 years with
Smith Food King in Salt Lake City, Utah. I attended Pierce College in
Woodland Hills, CA and received my Associates of Arts Degree in Business
Administration in 2005. Along with the Degree I received Certificates in
General Business, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship.
In April of 1997, I was involved in an
automobile accident/blessing and broke my neck and was paralyzed from
the chest down. I was fighting at that time in my life just to stay
alive not knowing what the future holds for me. The challenges I faced
were tremendous but I was just grateful to be alive. I had a lot of
support from my family/friends and was determined to not let the
situation get the best of me. I decided to move to Los Angeles from
Utah, so I could go to "Rancho Los Amigos" for therapy. From there I
went to a program called New Start that helped me take control of my
life and I began rebuilding. At this time in my life I began to still my
mind and work on my inward self. I had to rebuild my self-confidence and
my character. When you are so close to death it really makes you
reevaluate life and learn what's important to you. I realize at this
time in my life how Beautiful life is regardless of my challenges. I
would rather have challenges and be alive than no challenges at all.
Given another chance to live life again I knew I was going to enjoy each
and everyday I was blessed with. I also decided that in life it is about
creating good energy with all I touch. I enrolled at Pierce College and
began taking classes to rebuild my life and at the same time I was
really missing my little girls. So I decided to create a children's show
to educate my daughters about what I believe would assist them in there
life and show them that this is a Beautiful World and they are beautiful
themselves as we all are. It is important for me to express love to all
that cross my path, so I don't look back and wonder "What If". I believe
there is power in choice and I choose Love. Thank you.
Gwen Driver, Ed. D., executive director, has
over 25 years of experience in public education as a principal and
public school system administrator. She served as a school district
administrator in the Pasadena Unified School District for ten (10) years
and as a principal and curriculum director in the Ravenswood City School
District in East Palo Alto, California for ten (10) years. She is
currently a marketing and educational consultant and subject matter
expert with the school textbook publishing company, "Reed Elsevier
division of Holt," "Rinehart and Winston." Dr. Driver has been a member
of several non-profit boards such as "Battered Women" and "Camp Jones of
the YMCA." She has volunteered on many committees for educational
improvement and has been a motivational speaker for conferences and
fundraising.
Kyle D. Driver, MBA, CPA, board member
Treasure, has 20 years in business, auditing and finance. Kyle graduated
from "Harvard University" and "Berkeley University" with outstanding
awards. He has received cash award recognition for "LRBP," nominee for
Boeing Silver Eagle Award Program for Flexible Sustainment, and National
Merit Semi-Finalist. He has served his community by volunteering his
services to the "City of Angels Church of Religious Science," created
tennis Camp for children of single parents, and assisted Erik in the
developmental stages of this project in forming the business. He is very
active in tennis, basketball and snow skiing and provides opportunities
for children to participate.
Dana Hanaman Esq., board member attended the
"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign," receiving a B.A., double
majoring in "Speech Communications" and "Spanish," and minoring in
"Theater and Latin American Studies." During college she worked as a
labor organizer with Maquiladora workers in Mexico for the "American
Friends Service Committee (AFSC)," and waited tables. She spent her
junior year abroad studying at the "University of Barcelona" which
proved to be integral to her development as a bilingual educator and,
subsequently, a lawyer. Upon graduation, she worked as a high school
E.S.L. teacher in Illinois, and then became a "Finance Assistant" for "W.H.
Freeman" in New York, a division of Scientific American/St. Martin's
Press. After temporary work for other major companies including an
architecture/design firm, international pharmaceutical company and
advertising agency. She went on to obtain her law degree from "Tulane
University in New Orleans," with a "Certificate in Environmental Law"
and a focus on the practice of "Entertainment Law." She presently works
for the "Boesch Law Group" in Marina del Rey, CA representing clients in
civil, business, and entertainment litigation matters, and acts as an
independent promoter/producer of various musicians and musical groups.
She completed the "Honolulu Marathon" her first, in December 2002,as a
fundraiser for Aids Project Los Angeles. Finally, she is beginning to
play violin.
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It
is important to us that we are leaders of the new millennium in
assisting our children in their personal and educational growth. It is
about planting seeds of love in our youth and guiding them in a positive
direction in assisting them in balancing their lives. This will allow
them to begin thinking about the best decisions to positively effect
their lives and environment.