Meet Candy

Award-winning actor, author, artist, 

and

interactive motivational speaker.  

Candy's  'side-hustle' as a commercial actor, doing voice-overs, commercials, film, and television spots, was a fun diversion from the often-difficult work as an intensive care nurse.

 

When she really needed to laugh again,  she began studying comedy and soon co-founded a stand-up and improv comedy company, The Barely Insane Players, in the San Francisco area.  

In 1995, she began teaching applied improv skills to a series of Silicon Valley start-ups, then to other groups, especially risk-averse industries.
 

That work evolved into her doctoral work with interprofessional groups at Stanford’s LPCH, to emphasize the benefits of applied improv training for communication,  team building, inclusivity, and spontaneous, creative solution-finding that nurtures resilience and curbs burn-out. Phew!

 

Note: The work has expanded to become a series of books on the subject, published by Business Expert Press (See BOOKS), and the latest, ART + HEALTH residencies.