Welcome to season 2, episode 29 of the Today is the Day Changemakers Podcast. This is a special two-part episode.
This week my guests are Kim Berrios Lin and Coley Campany. It is important to note that we are talking about some very top-of-mind topics that also may have some trigger points for some who listen.
This podcast episode was recorded just days before the Roe vs. Wade decision was overturned. This is a very personal topic for Coley as she shares about having four miscarriages and the traumatic story behind having two late-term abortions. These experiences changed Coley's life in many ways.
Kim shares about being a somewhat a depressed child and living with an eating disorder from the age of 11 to age 32. She shares her personal experience in order to help others.
Coley and Kim are friends or as they call themselves 'Soul Sisters'.
Kim Berrios Lin is an actor, producer, writer & advocate. You can catch her in HBO Max's ‘Pretty Little Liars’ airing July 28th in a recurring role. Other credits include 'Better Nate Than Ever’ (Disney plus), ‘Pose’ (FX), ‘New Amsterdam’ (NBC), ‘Almost Family’ (Fox), ‘Bull’ (CBS), and ’The Politician’ (Netflix). Her Acting passion projects include: A Love fest of a comedic series currently making a festival tour called ‘Supermodel Twinning’, playing Karula in ‘Karula’s Dream Show Live’, and performing in ‘Still Birth’: a play about pregnancy loss.
Kim is the founder of the award winning, socially conscious indie production company ‘And She Flew®’, co-founder of the social justice theatre org ‘Colors of Community’, is on the Advisory Committee for ‘Zzak G. Applaud Our Kids’. As a writer, her poem “I am We’ was recently published in Yellow Arrow’s Journal ‘Renascence.’ Kim is also the soon to be proud patent owner of a product she invented called Yogisaver®.
Follow Kim on Instagram @kimrioslin.
Coley Campany is a writer, director, actress, producer, and advocate. Coley began her artistic career as a professional ballet dancer in Memphis, TN. Coley connected with the Labyrinth Theater Intensive Ensemble, where she began her path as a writer and visual storyteller. It's also where she met Kim! She co-wrote a play in 2016 called Still, Birth. a play about pregnancy loss that combines stories of various ways pregnancies end. Coley includes her own story of having two late-term abortions in the play. She continues to tell her story to spread awareness for women's reproductive rights.
Several sketches were created during the pandemic, including Supermodel Twinning with Kim Berrios Lin. This year, Coley finished a passion project that is now making the festival circuit called A Skosh Askew, a two-women filmed sketch series.
Coley can be seen on screen in 'Candy' on Hulu and 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye,' 'The First Lady', 'Watchmen', and the upcoming season of 'Heels and Mike'.
Follow Coley on Instagram @coleycampany.
Listen in to hear the incredible footprint that these two Changemakers are creating now that they want to leave behind. Stay tuned for part 2 of this episode coming soon.
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