#62: Express Yourself - with Monalicious

Mona (Monalicious) and Julian discuss self expression, community building, perseverance, and how playing Dungeons and Dragons can help you to get more creative. Mona shares about her work teaching high school classes on audio production and creative empowerment in the Denver area. About Mona: Mona (Monalicious) is a musical momma, video queen and community leader from Denver, CO. As a songwriter she balances humility with majesty.  As a native to Denver, she has grown with the city and has flourished in the arts community through her music and leadership. Mona is the founder and executive producer of a local community media organization called FreeMusicForFreePeople (FM4FP), also known as FreePeopleTV and Free People Records. FM4FP hosts immersive and creative events with the goal of fostering community. FM4FP established their video branch as FreePeopleTV and currently has several video series showcasing Denver music culture. For more info about their upcoming events and latest videos, go to their website - https://www.fm4fp.com Beyond Mona’s community efforts through FM4FP, she has been involved with many local projects and currently co-organizes for one of Denver’s music industry meet-ups called Balanced Breakfast (BB). BB is an international networking organization that strives to foster community in local and national music scenes. Mona is a Teaching Artist and Lead Program Coordinator at Youth On Record (YOR) , a nationally recognized non-profit organization that brings artistic opportunity to underserved youth. Mona teaches Audio Production to Denver high school students along with her involvement in YOR’s girls club FEMpowered. https://www.monaliciousmedia.com