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Work Background
Self EmployedCultural Producer- Project Manager and Creator of Finding My Voice
Jun. 2018In 2018, I started a journey to find my voice. I spent a year traveling and performing with musicians in Israel, Ethiopia and Brazil, igniting a passion for collaborating and blending musical traditions. “Finding My Voice” is the umbrella project under which I organize music exchange programs and collaborations, a web series called “Wherever There Is Music” and an upcoming EP of original compositions This work is an exploration of sound and artistic identity that uses music to bridge cultures and to celebrate the power of the voice. See www.alissamusic.com for more information
Self-employedSinger, Recording and Voiceover Artist
Apr. 2007Los Angeles Metropolitan AreaSinger, Performance, Recording and Voiceover Artist
• Perform internationally to multi-cultural, generational audiences. Capture audience with appeal to universal struggles, joys, and beauty I am an American Jazz singer who adopted Brazil as my home. After years spent in Brazil learning and living the culture, language and music, my work blends my roots in African-American Jazz with Brazilian cultural influences such as samba de roda, MPB and Bossa Nova. www.alissamusic.com
FreelanceVideo Producer
Sep. 1997Producer, writer and director of web series "Wherever There Is Music" Assistant producer on two award-winning documentaries, "That's My Face" by Thomas Allen Harris and "Yemanjá-Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil" directed and produced by Donna Carole Roberts and narrated by Pultizer Prize winning author and activist, Alice Walker
FreelanceFreelance Translator
Jul. 1997 - Dec. 2015various
FreelanceFreelance Event Producer/Coordinator
Mar. 1999 - Aug. 2005
The Week MagazineFreelance Journalist
May. 2020 - Jun. 2020Kerala, India
Escola ConceptEducator
Oct. 2016 - Sep. 2018Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Gurilândia International SchoolEducator
Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2015Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
American AirlinesFlight Attendant
Jun. 2000 - Mar. 2009New York City Metropolitan Area
American AirlinesInternational Flight Attendant
Jun. 2000 - Mar. 2009
GhettoBlaster MagazineFreelance Journalist
Apr. 2007 - Aug. 2007São Paulo, Brazil
Atlanta Daily WorldFreelance Journalist
Jan. 2006 - Dec. 2006Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Mandala BrazilCultural Consultant- Owner
Feb. 2002 - Apr. 2006Kings County, New York, United States
Mandala BrazilPrincipal/Consultant
Jan. 1997 - Jan. 2004
I Latin American Cultural MarketEvent Organizer and Co-Producer
Mar. 1999 - Jan. 2000
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