Dan Seaver - Executive Director/Co-Founder of ManifestWorks

Dan Seaver is the Executive Director and a co-founder of ManifestWorks. After a career in journalism and government, Dan spent a decade as a youth advocate while volunteering with kids incarcerated in Los Angeles County. ManifestWorks is a response to that experience, a solution to the problem of system-impacted people blocked from their potential. ManifestWorks is an incredible immersive program that connects those impacted by foster care, homelessness and incarceration with job opportunities in entertainment. Through learning, real-world work experience, and a network of supportive professional mentors, ManifestWorks provides ongoing life and professional skills to support long-term success. I've been fortunate enough to volunteer with he program for about two years. I've attended two of the classes and spoken tot he students, helped them learn networking skills, explained what an indie film producer does. I love that this program exists and while Dan is not a producer, he advocates for producers since they are the ones with hiring power in producer. I wanted to shine a light the program and how we can lift up people up by showing them that their dreams in Hollywood can become a reality. Tune in as we discuss humility, hustle and hard work.