Since moving to the Northwest, Jan Baross has made over 40 documentaries. Her award winning films have aired on A&E and OPB. She’s made animated shorts, produced television PR, worked on feature films and co-produced music videos. She has shot news as a stringer for NBC, CBS affiliates. She has also taught filmmaking at Oregon State University.Her published novel, “Jose Builds a Woman” won first place for fiction in the national Kay Snow Awards. As a published playwright, Jan's work has been produced Off Off Broadway, in the US and Mexico. A commission to turn her play, “Mata Hari”, into the libretto for an opera resulted in a premiere at the Deep Ellum Opera Theater in Dallas, Texas.Ms. Baross is a freelance film critic, travel and feature contributor for several newspapers and magazines in the US and Mexico.Education: San Francisco State U- BA in Art. teaching credential, Oregon State-MA in media communications.Her most recent book 'In Living Color' is a delightful collection of her original poems.  In today's episode, Jan reads one of her  poems live for you, dear listener;)  https://www.janbaross.com/###?Also, Dear Listener, if you have any questions that you'd like answered in future episodes, please email them to meridithjoseph@gmail.comYour hosts of Are You Waiting for Permission? are Meridith Grundei and Joseph Bennett. They're friends, co-hosts, actors, improvisers, and coaches. She lives in NYC and coaches actors, business professionals, and presenters to fully engage with their audience, and themselves. She also mentors young actors and directors. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, México, and  coaches artists and other creative beings about the beautiful business of art — and life. You can find Meridith:Meridith Grundei the performer artist gal Meridith Grundei CoachingYou can find Joseph:Joseph Bennett the artist/coach extraordinaire*Special thanks to Amy Shelley and Gary Grundei of high fiction for letting us use their music for the Are You Waiting for Permission? podcast.And... while the podcast is free, it's not cheap. We'd be thrilled to have your support on PATREONThank you.