With a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from California State University, Fresno, Dr. Griffin recalls being active in the performing arts since he was a young child, performing self-direc...view moreWith a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership from California State University, Fresno, Dr. Griffin recalls being active in the performing arts since he was a young child, performing self-directed skits and plays for family members at his home in Central Florida. Years later, after two years of college and much soul-searching, he changed his major from Pharmacy to Theatre, because the lure of the theater was too great for him to resist. As a theatre major at Florida A&M University, he was an active member of the University’s traveling performance troupe, The FAMU Connection, which travelled the Southern States with the University’s President to help recruit talented scholars to the University. Upon college graduation and moving his family to California, Dr. Griffin studied the crafts of acting and writing for television and film, while acting and performing stand-up throughout Los Angeles. As an English teacher and Drama Club advisor within California’s public school system, he has mentored several young performers in the craft, whenever he is not performing. Naturally, Dr. Griffin has helped his own children gain an appreciation for the arts and education; his children continue to work in community theatre, as well as in television and film.view less