Carlos Spivey currently teaches fine art and animation at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles, California. He has received international recognition as a dancer, gymnast, educator and stuntman. His professional and community service endeavors have taken him to countries around the world including Ghana, Cuba and Papua New Guinea. His work as a visual artist has earned him grants and commendations from organizations such as J. Paul Getty Foundation and the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department. Spivey has been employed with media giants, such as Disney, but his life's mission as an artist is to out optimism and spiritual visions of self by transcending stereotypes. His animated films The World is a Drum, Whisper and Mama Seed Tree are currently available on video. April Turner is an accomplished writer, actress, producer and dancer. Among her produced writing credits are the impactful social dramas Chocolate on the Outside, Starlight and Moonshine Times, Pickle & Lil'Junior and Nikky's Gone. As an actress she has had roles in many made for television movies ("The Perfect Daughter," "The Ditch Digger's Daughters" and "Texas Cadet Murders"). In addition to making a recent guest appearance on the hit TV show, "ER", this actress to watch has had major roles in independent features such as Truman Capote's "Other Voices, Other Rooms" and "Morning."

In addition to being a prolific playwright and theatrician, April Turner performs traditional West African dance.