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Meet the creators!
Samm Brown: Founder and Executive Producer
Samm Brown is the owner and founder of Enhance Productions and Publishing. Samm has a natural love for storytelling and dedication to caring for others. His background, before film and television, was based in marketing, public relations, development, and event planning. His long term goals for Enhance are to create a stronghold dedicated to helping people from all backgrounds and walks of life see their dreams to fruition.
Gabby Sabat: Founder and Creative Producer
Gabby Sabat is Enhance’s matriarch. She started as Samm’s biggest support and dedicated producer and host of Enhance Podcast. Now Gabby serves Enhance as the Creative Producer over all things production. Her professional background is in criminology, psychology, and development, but don’t let that fool you. This girl has creativity running through her veins. She has experience as a competitive dancer and theatrical performer. Her second-nature empathy and charismatic personality brings positivity to Enhance.
Sid Floyd: Website Publication Manager and Content Creator
Sid Floyd brings a unique and youthful viewpoint to Enhance’s online presence. She is known for her performance in projects like Jesus Revolution, Pen15, and Nicky Ricky Dicky and Dawn. Sid is also a singer and songwriter you can find on Spotify. You can hear her musical talents in the intro to episodes of Enhance Podcast. Right now, Sid is prioritizing spending time with her family while getting to know the city she was born in, Dallas, TX. In addition to Enhance, she is working toward her BFA in theatrical acting at SMU. Her unique voice, giving soul, and intrinsic mind bring life to Enhance’s blog and social media.
Christian “CJ” Jordan: Production coordinator and podcast editor
CJ is an up-and-coming editor and film-maker aiding with content creation on the Enhance team. CJ writes, films, and edits short-form content based on her mind’s interpretation of life and loss. With cinematic expertise based in a love for the movies going back to childhood, CJ majored in film at Spring Hill College alongside Enhance creator, Samm Brown. She has found a love for making movies that parallel the human struggle with mental health, and currently works out of Birmingham, AL.
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