: About Me

Current Bio: Mikki McLeod over 30 years experience in all disciplines of the performing arts. Her performance background includes theater, national commercials, voice over's, jingles, book cassettes, video games, and feature film. Her theater background includes everything from local theater, dinner theater, touring theater troupes, children's choirs and even off-Broadway shows. She is a member of SAG (Screen Actors Guild), AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) and AEA (Actors Equity Association).

Her experience reflects her training as a student of the theater from a young age; she has trained in New York with such names in dance as Gregory Hines and Frank Hatchett, Danny Daniels, Luigi, Phil Black, Brenda Buffalino and Madame Spokova.

Mikki has extensive training in acting, musical theater, dance, commercial, and voice from NYU, Weist-Barron, Stagedoor Manor, Fox Albert and The Gilchrest Workshops, all in New York City. She attended and graduated with degrees in Advertising Design, Fine Arts, Musical Theater, and Elementary Education, she even has her certification as a court reporter after training to be a paralegal. This led her to a new passion of teaching. She became a drama and dance teacher for Tampa Academy of Performing Arts in 1989.

Mikki then became part of the Disney family of entertainers in 1993. Her career at Disney spans over 14 years, over 20 shows, parades and events. Simultaneously, a desire for more experience brought her back home to New York, where she worked for Entertainment Tonite, in Long Island, NY as an administrator then entertainment coordinator, event planner, sales, marketing and promotion manager, talent booking, choreographer, technician, mistress of ceremonies, and dance/theater education for the children's division.

Presently Mikki is completing her course work with the Institute of Children's Literature and is currently seeking representation as she pursues a career in writing.

My passion is ...

my family ... supporting my husband's acting career and witnessing the lives of my two little girls.

I know too much about ...

organization, time management and marketing.

My parents always told me ...

understand the rules of all sports ... especially football!

My childhood ambition ...

to be a star of stage and screen.

My favorite memory ...

actually memories are ... moments my husband has made special for me or our family ... he finds unique traditions for us to celebrate ... also the births of our beautiful children.

Why I write ...

for clarity... to understand and address what I really feel in my. soul ... I use writing as a tool to "hear" what I am thinking

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Headline News ... and tons of mommy sites as well as keeping up with the pulse of technology.

My first job ...

was taking tickets at a movie theater ... yet I have been everything from a dog walker in Manhattan to a dental assistant ... have worked fine dining to deli counter ... everything in entertainment at Disney ... and was even a nanny ... right now, I still perform part-time, but my full-time job is a flight attendant ... and my off days are filled with playtime with my family!

My best moment ...

my strongest moment was giving birth to my second child in the car in front of the hospital ... my blessed moment was marrying my best friend ... my joyest moment was finding out I was pregnant with my first child after 2 years of trying ... my strength of character moment is tested everyday at both home and work. My favorite most precious fullfilling moments are when I have taught something new to my daughters.

My inspiration ...

changes all the time ... I am spiritual and open to so many new ideas ... I am at my best when I have something challenging to solve.

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood 'Super-mom syndrome'

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HAVING SUPERPOWERS AND NO MANUAL This is how a SUPERMOM can feel so overwhelmed even when she has everything all together. My job as a mother is basically to keep everything from falling apart in my household. When my family has their little breakdowns, it's up to me to talk them through the issues and get them back on track. I love that job. So what's the downfall well who is there to do that for me? It seems that if I ever get to the brink of a break, I have to talk myself through it find the logic in the emotional insanity that my chemicals are experiencing. It usually happens when I ca...

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