Damonica Jenkins

Liz Garrett’s career in the Industry started at a early age when she did her

first TV commercial at the age of 8 years old in London. She continued

working as a child model in both London and South Africa where she

graduated from The Performing Arts Academy in Durban, South Africa.

After continuing to work as an actor and model in South Africa, she started

her own successful Model and Acting School and Agency in her

hometown of Durban. After several years of running her School and

Agency where many of her talent was seen in National TV Commercials

and well as leading the way in the Fashion scene both runway and print.

Liz was then given the opportunity to come work in America.

Her career in America has spanned over 30 years, where her job titles have

included working as the Education Director for one of the leading National

Acting and Modeling Schools in the country, she owns a talent

development studio in Dallas, Tx and works with some of the leading

development/training facilities throughout America and Canada. 

Over the years Liz has been involved and responsible for a lot of young talents

success in the industry.

DeShaude is a singer, actor, and dancer born in California and raised in Virginia. A former Cyber Security Engineer, DeShaude is an accomplished and well-trained actor having studied and graduated from The Sanford Meisner Center in Los Angeles  and Second City. 

He is a member of SAG-AFTRA and has appeared in projects and commercials for Toyota, Google, Taco Bell, Six Flags, Debbie Allen, Hulu, Lifetime, Hilton, Apple, and many more.

As a singer, DeShaude is a member of The Recording Academy and has won several awards for his original music including the OurStage Intel Superstars R&B category winner. DeShaude is currently a vocalist in the world’s most traveled cover band (Liquid Blue) performing for Fortune 500 companies, weddings, private events and more all over the world.

Monica Marie Contreras is a performer, writer, dialogue coach and director. Originally from El Paso, Texas she graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a Bachelor of Arts and California Institute of the Arts with a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre. A proud theatre devotee and film and television fanatic, she began her career as an actor and found her home in the Los Angeles theatre community.

But soon, the siren song of Hollywood called and she began to work in the Nickelodeon and Disney multi-cam sitcom world as an actor and a writer. She jumped whole-heartedly into the environment of her second home, television, and was soon sought after as an acting coach and worked on numerous TV shows for Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix and most recently Apple+.

Little did she know that she would love the chances that being an acting coach could afford her. Not only could she shape young actors' performances, but she was asked to join the It’s A Laugh Productions Director Internship Program in her second year as a dialogue coach on the Disney show COOP & CAMI ASK THE WORLD. This provided the opportunity not only to be on set, but to collaborate, talk and learn from various directors, showrunners and network executives who worked on the show. She also got to know countless crew members and casts

and fell in love with the mechanics and artistry of making a television show.

The dynamic between all these developing forces, along with all the hard work, compromise and dedication every production week requires, made her even more certain that she wanted to direct more episodes of multicam television shows, episodics, and eventually feature films. She continues to fulfill her appreciation and love for the process by shadowing directors and taking

continuing education workshops with the DGA.

Her recent directing credits include episodes of Disney’s COOP & CAMI ASK THE WORLD, BUNK’D, THE VILLAINS OF VALLEY VIEW and RAVEN’S HOME.

Jenna Podell hails from Dallas, Texas where she began her now 17+ year career as an actor, appearing in BARNEY and other local productions before commuting back-and-forth to LA for pilot seasons. At 12 she was featured alongside Edward Norton in the feature film, LEAVES OF GRASS. At 15, she starred alongside Nathan Lane in the USA half-hour pilot ON WE GO, which never got to air. She also completed Groundlings improv training, and the Upright Citizens Brigade's sketch and improv tracks, solidifying her love of all things comedy. 

She attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where she studied Film & Television Production, and worked in and on countless student productions. She also worked as a production assistant on various NYC Jax Media productions (YOUNGER, LIVING WITH YOURSELF, SEARCH PARTY, BROAD CITY). 

Upon graduation, Jenna returned to LA where she's held various positions such a casting assistant for Nancy Nayor Casting (TOMIE, URBAN LEGEND) and Aufiero/Horn Casting (13 REASONS WHY, ON MY BLOCK, THE HEALING POWERS OF DUDE), an executive assistant to managers at Alchemy Entertainment and Artists First, and multiple personal assistant gigs to support herself while auditioning, performing stand-up comedy, improv, and clown (The Hollywood Improv, Flappers Comedy Club, The Comedy Store, The Elysian Theater), writing late night/sketch comedy, and filming sketches and shorts all around Los Angeles with her film school friends.