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Hear Eva Longoria Roar During Women’s History Month As She Leads Her Female-Focused Tequila Brand To Victory

This is true to form: Longoria has always been big on learning new things. It’s been extremely well-documented how she held down a full-time starring gig on ABC’s Desperate Housewives while simultaneously earning her master’s degree in Chicano studies from California State University, Northridge [her thesis: the “Success STEMS from Diversity: The Value of Latinas in STEM Careers”]. Casa Del Sol is just another example of how her career, life, and values are indelibly intertwined. -- Haute Living

Interview: Aaron Ellis on Portraying Leo Frank in PARADE at Simi Valley Cultural Arts Center

I went to Agoura High School which had a program called ComedySportz. This was a way for students to learn and perform short-form improv. I would watch their shows in awe and eventually made it onto the team my Junior year. As I began to make friends within this program, I slowly transitioned from a band kid to a theater kid. Moorpark College gave me more opportunities to explore the different roles within the theater world, and this is where I truly fell in love with acting. Up until I graduated from Cal State Northridge last year, I was always taking improv classes at The Groundlings, and participating in as much community theater I could pull off with my busy college schedule. Throughout college, I was always so thankful to community theaters for giving me the space to exercise the muscles I had been working on in classes. -- Broadway World Los Angeles

Heights Chamber Orchestra Concert

Eric Charnofsky, piano, enjoys a multi-faceted career as a pianist, composer, lecturer, conductor, and narrator. As a collaborative pianist, he has performed throughout North America with members of major American orchestras. A graduate of The Juilliard School where he majored in piano accompanying, Mr. Charnofsky also holds degrees in solo piano performance and composition from California State University, Northridge. Mr. Charnofsky has been a pre-concert lecturer for the Cleveland Orchestra, an Associate Faculty member at the Music Academy of the West, rehearsal pianist for Lyric Opera Cleveland, convention accompanist for the National Flute Association, music director and pianist for musical theater productions in Los Angeles, and is featured on recordings on the Capstone, Albany, and Crystal labels. He is active in Musical Arts administration, serving on boards for the Cleveland Chamber Music Society and Chamber Music Society of Ohio, and is Assistant Director for the annual She Scores festival. He has also narrated with the Cleveland Orchestra and other ensembles. -- Cleveland Heights, OH Patch

SMMUSD Appoints New Asst. Superintendent of Education Services

Holder of a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies, a master’s degree in education, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Cal State Northridge, Dr. Williamson’s commitment to academic excellence is evident. She replaces Dr. Jacqueline Mora, honoring her legacy, and Superintendent Dr. Antonio Shelton expressed gratitude to the educational services team for their dedication during the transition. -- Santa Monica Mirror

BETYE SAAR – NEW WORK – ROBERTS PROJECTS.

Betye Saar received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1949, with graduate studies at California State University at Long Beach, the University of Southern California and California State University at Northridge. Saar holds 6 honorary doctorates from California Institute of the Arts; Otis College of Art & Design; California College of Arts and Crafts; San Francisco Art Institute; Massachusetts College of Art; Cornish College of the Arts and over 37 honors including two National Endowment for the Arts (1974, 1984); Studio Museum in Harlem (1989); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (2019) and Academy of Arts and Letters (2021). She has received 5 Lifetime Achievement Awards from the Congressional Black Caucus (2008); California African American Museum (2011); Edward McDowell Medal (2014); Museum of the African Diaspora (2017); and International Sculpture Center (2019). -- FAD Magazine

What Is Kelsey T’s Religion on The Bachelor & The Real Reason She Left The Church

She continued: “To this day my dad has a talk show I wrote, produced and starred in on his phone. I don’t think he knew I had it in me, no one did, not even me. When high school came around, I joined a theater class and that’s when I realized I wanted to pursue creativity for the rest of my life. At the same time, I was a full-blown Jehovah’s Witness and I knew the two couldn’t co-exist. So I decided to leave the religion and set my focus on attending California State University, Northridge.” -- StyleCaster

Susan Shelley: Why I’m voting for Jonathan Hatami for Los Angeles District Attorney

Hatami has been a prosecutor in the D.A.’s office for more than 17 years and has handled thousands of cases, specializing in child abuse cases. As a child, he was himself abused by his father. His parents divorced, he was raised by a single mom, and he became what he described as a “troubled teen.” After graduating high school he enlisted in the U.S. Army, serving for seven years before going on to attend junior college at College of the Canyons, transferring to CSUN and then earning a scholarship to law school at the University of Nebraska. -- Los Angeles Daily News

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