Daily Inspiration: Meet JODY

Today we’d like to introduce you to JODY.

Hi JODY, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
A great starting point would be 2016. It was the year I took on the role as a filmmaker who was simultaneously working on a career in music and going to school for nursing. We released our short film; Ripple Effect that year which we organized and executed with no true understanding of the business – just a concept and a deadline for the HBO short film competition.

The name started simple: Tiff & Whit Productions, however, after the abrupt loss of my mother in 2017, my film partner decided we should change the name to Winnie’s Productions. The creativity and drive was there but the capital wasn’t so our first attempt at producing a feature film in 2018 was cut short.

That didn’t stop me. I decided revisiting the music was worth a shot. In 2019 I released Temporary Forevers – the project I put on the back burner while I was grieving and heavily in survival mode. I had experienced so much hurt, betrayal, mistreatment and “30 days” after my mother’s death. I titled my sophomore project 30 Days in 2020 – the year I took my power back from the thing that tried to break me.

In 2021 I started a podcast that I titled For The Worthy to highlight my growth through therapy and by the end of 2021 I was enrolled in school for entertainment business at SAE Institute Atlanta.

Since graduating I have released a few more singles, dabbled in brand collaborations, helped other creatives with their vision and now I currently hold the title as a lifestyle director where I partner with brands & businesses to curate enjoyable social events. I am currently working on my third musical project: Who God Bless No Man Curse and packaging a feature film. God is intentional and I am grateful for the journey.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
If I can be transparent, I am the daughter of a Jamaican immigrant woman who was also illegal. She may not have had a lot of access but she had heart and was able to create her own access in the Jamaican community – from New York to the east side of GA.

We didn’t have much, just the hope that I would finish nursing school and be able to file for her so she could get her papers to help me. Without certain credentials she was very limited but never hopeless.

She passed in our home after having a massive heart attack. Finding her cold lifeless body broke me in ways many people won’t ever understand. Mumy had a “friend” who didn’t like the idea of me searching for a place to live while also planning a funeral so she offered me her condo for six months to a year to get on my feet. I was homeless three months post my mother’s death after that same “friend” gave me 30 Days.

I ended up homeless with no real guidance, dropped out of college, slept on floors, worked multiple jobs and experienced a lot of mistreatment and judgement from people I wouldn’t expect.
That didn’t break me.

Can you tell our readers more about what you do and what you think sets you apart from others?
Throughout the years I have shown up mostly as an artist but to capture the depth of who I am, I like to refer to myself as a creative entrepreneur.

To go deeper than the title – I am a writer, producer, artist and now lifestyle director by profession.

I am most proud of the growth in my confidence after returning to school for entertainment business. I am also proud of the fact that I trust myself and my gifts.

What sets me apart from others is that I am not afraid of anyone’s light and I am known for speaking life and bringing out the light in others.

If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
I was interesting. At school I was Whitney; the american and at home I was Jody; the Jamaican.
I grew up as a dancehall kid. My mother was always in the mix of different events in the dancehall community so our lives were always on go. I had my own style and it was embedded in me early to be a leader and not a follower.

I have always been a jokester who loved script and song writing. From dance groups with my cousins to drama clubs, and years of chorus – I was the kid who the grown ups would call on to sing or do the latest Jamaican dances. So essentially I grew up as an entertainer.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://linesunwritten.com
• Instagram: https://Instagram.com/linesunwritten
• Facebook: https://Facebook.com/linesunwritten
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linesunwritten?utm_source=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=member_ios
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/@linesunwritten?si=nignbhTF5Ab51ybJ
• Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/TKXVUEbxSHVDSZGyYP