Everyone’s dream has to start somewhere. Mine began in a public bus garage in downtown Chicago that had been turned into a movie sound...

When I first moved from my family’s farm in Illinois to Los Angeles, I was definitely the epitome of a ‘Hay Seed in Hollywood’. I was...

Living in Los Angeles can be a surreal experience. Where else can you find Harrison Ford squeezing cantaloupes in the produce section of...

Picture it, Chicago 1992. I was a stuttering farmer’s daughter trying to make it as an actress in the theaters of the Windy City. My...