Welcome to Hold the Door, a podcast where we explore how folks from underrepresented backgrounds have found a way to survive and thrive in the entertainment industry.For our final episode of season 2, Jocelyn Loren joins the podcast to d...

This week, Fidan Manashirova joins the pod to discuss the best ways to showcase your value, particularly as you position yourself for growth and new opportunities. She emphasizes the importance of staying curious, proactively networking, and ma...

For our final installment of this season's rest series, we are exploring creative recovery. Dami Kim is here to introduce us to her approach to creative recovery using The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron.

What does it really take to stay two steps ahead in a fast-moving, high-pressure role, AND make it look effortless?One of the most common requests in the industry, especially if you’re in a support-type role, is to stay two steps ahead, ...

I don’t know about you, but for me, boundaries are challenging to say the least. This week, Toni Harris Quinerly joins me to discuss boundaries. She gives us some insight into her approach to setting and maintaining boundaries, and how...

One thing that plagues the residents of LA, at least those who are part of the industry, is the pressure to monetize everything, even the things they originally started just for fun. This week, Camille Corbett joins me for the 2nd installation ...

This week we’re discussing mentorship with my guest Karen Horne. Karen explains what mentorship actually is and how it’s shown up in her career on both sides of the mentor/mentee relationship. Hope you enjoy.If you want to keep up with K...

This week, Alexis Bellamy joins the podcast to discuss work-life balance. We talk about what it looks like to build a life worth balancing when work is a top priority for you, and how that "balance" may not always be 50/50, especially when your...

This week, Austin Kelly joins to talk about what "operating in his purpose" looks like in pursuing animation. We talk about how this has influenced his career so far and what it looks like to continue that pursuit in a season when it may look m...

Welcome back to season 2 of Hold the Door!This week, Koryn Frye-Fuentes joins the podcast to kick off season 2 by talking about the basics of rest within the context of working in the entertainment industry - what it means, how to start,...

Hold the Door is back for season 2! This season, every episode will explore what it means to develop a healthy, sustainable approach to work in the entertainment industry. Guests will discuss their personal philosophies toward setting boundarie...

This week, it's just me :) You'll hear a little more about how I got into the entertainment industry myself and why I decided to start the Hold the Door podcast.  If you want to stay connected with me, you can find me on

This week, Evan Kim joins to discuss leaving the entertainment industry. You'll hear some of the pros and cons of seeing the industry with fresh eyes from the outside looking in, how Evan is still finding creative fulfillment in the hospitality...

For the first episode of 2025, Kiara Harris joins to discuss corporate jobs versus freelance jobs in the entertainment industry. You'll learn some of the potential pros and cons of both, as well as how Kiara decides when it is time to move from...

On this episode of Hold the Door, Mikayla Baiocchi joins to discuss relocating for work - specifically, leaving Los Angeles for a role in Rhode Island. You’ll hear what that process was like, how she maintains industry relationships from any lo...

This week, Shei Mamona joins to talk about activism in the workplace. She shares how she first began writing articles with an activist lens and how she stays true to herself when choosing new projects and opportunities.You can stay conne...

This week, Mel Sanchez joins the pod to tell us how she likes to approach new work relationships and how she has made the often daunting idea of “networking” within the entertainment industry in Los Angeles work for her.You can stay con...

On this episode of Hold the Door, Tamera Davis joins the pod to discuss pursuing her dream of becoming a TV writer full time. She shares how she realized it was time to quit her regular 9-5 and what it's like to be in a writers' room.You...

On this episode of Hold the Door, Olivia Gastaldo joins the pod to discuss becoming a people manager. They share how they developed their management skills and philosophy, as well as some tips for new managers.You can stay connected with...

On this episode of Hold the Door, Lhani Jamison joins us to talk about grad school - how she made the decision to go, what her experience was like, and how it affected her career afterward.You can connect with Lhani on

Hold the Door is a new podcast exploring how folks from underrepresented backgrounds have found a way to not only survive, but to thrive, in the entertainment industry. Every week, listeners will get a chance to hear stories and practical advic...