#58: Getting To Know Black Women In Toys and Entertainment with Tanya Wright
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English - February 23, 2021 13:00 - 17 minutes - 12.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 32 ratingsDesign Arts Business Entrepreneurship toy industry how to design a toy how to make a toy toy design fit toy design make my own dolls entrepreneur small business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In celebration of Black History Month, The Toy Coach presents a mini-series: Getting To Know Black Women In Toys and Entertainment. In this mini-series, The Toy Coach asks four interviewees the same 10 questions, in an effort to celebrate their career achievements in toys and entertainment, connect on a personal level, reminisce about toys from their childhood, and share their valuable life lessons. The women highlighted in this series include a SAG award winner, a Golden Globe nominee, a well-known industry veteran, and a history-making inventor. Throughout this mini-series, you’ll notice similar themes of persistence, resilience, and patience as these incredible black women share their achievements and what it took to get there.
For today’s bonus episode, our guest is Tanya Wright. If you’re a fan of Orange is the New Black, you may remember Tanya for her portrayal of Crystal Burset or as Deputy Kenya Jones on HBO’s True Blood, a role she held for 7 seasons! Tanya joins The Toy Coach on the podcast today to answer 10 questions and shares inspirational insight into how she keeps active and positive in an industry known for rejection.
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