Misty Marshall

     Misty Marshall was born on a stage…well, almost! Being born into a performing family, Misty’s childhood was spent on the stage and in dressing rooms. She attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts for high school and went on to study at The American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NY on scholarship. She then went to Los Angeles to study at Salome Jens Actors Studio. She later went on to also study fire eating/breathing/dancing/manipulation, stilt walking, and trapeze at N.O. School of Circus Arts and aerial silks at Bridge for Dance in NY. She was a Hollywood semi-finalist on American Idol Season 2 and has original music released through Sony Records. She was a movie reviewer/celebrity interviewer for WWL and also a weekly AI Entertainment reporter for WVUE. She studied screenwriting and business at Tulane and Advanced Screenwriting and Humanities at UNO and has had over a dozen of her original works produced. Misty helped rebuild the post-Katrina Jefferson Parish Recreation Dept as the Youth Performing Arts Director. She also works within the school system to bring arts workshops with purpose into the class as well as with nonprofits to provide therapeutic arts workshops to those with special needs. She designs arts curricula with purpose by marrying storytelling techniques with modern psychology and neuroscience. Misty is currently the Executive Director of Empowerment thru Arts LLC, a member of the Screen Actors Guild, The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), and she sits on the Louisiana Lt. Governor’s Music Commission Advisory Board. 

     I'm very grateful to be doing what I love as my profession. I continue to hone and share my passion for storytelling and growth via the arts.  This job allows me to travel and meet interesting new people all the time. I hope we are able to work together soon!