Personal Profile

Greetings all my name is Simone Shepherd. I am 26 years old. I'm currently studying at Wolverhampton university, I am taking a degree in events and venue management and in October I will be commencing year three so this time next year I Will be preparing to graduate its been a hard but enjoyable road and on reflection I am very pleased I chose to go back into education as a mature student as after having my son Remon who is now six it hit me that I was no longer living as i was at that time 'for the moment', but I had responsibilities another very important life was depending on my success and I had an example to set, I had become someones role model.

When I graduate I plan to work as an events co-coordinator for an events company specialising in corporate events, I also plan to work freelance as a wedding planner, as i have a passion for this type of event. Some of my other passions centre around the arts, I can sing but don't sing lol I need vocal training as at the moment I possess a raw talent at some point I may take that route to perfect my voice but at the moment it isn't a priority.

I also have a special love for drama, which goes back to secondary school when I took gcse drama I excelled in this subject and loved it dearly but decided not to take it up when I left school which on reflection was down to lack of self belief that I could actually make it as an actor, I was a great actor and I knew that but i'Il naively believed at the time that successful actors were the product of luck and I thought if i ventured down that route it would be a waste of time, saying that I still dabbled in it for a short time after school but only as a hobby.

I have done some work with Birmingham opera company which I found very exhilarating and enjoyable as it allowed me to truly express who i was and what made me interesting and unique.

I first heard about this project 'Beyond the drum' via my sister Tonia Shepherd who is also a volunteer, our mother Joan Campbell is a Friend of Don Kinch and told us how amazing he was and the work that he was doing within the arts and urged my sister a drama performance graduate to contact him to see what work we could get involved in. I attended the workshop and was really excited about the project, 'Black theatre' is an area that is of particular interest to me and I know its an area that if explored will provide interesting and insightful information that will aid us to create a brilliant documentary. At the workshop I met up with people of different ages and backgrounds, all with different career prospects and different lifestyles and circumstances but the common denominator was they were all 'enthusiastic' people. Lets work together as a team. lets utilise our individual skills and respect each others opinions and create a great peice .

" Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. our deepest fear is that we are powerfull beyond measure" ( Marriane Williamson)