Today we’d like to introduce you to Sally Colón.

Hi Sally, we’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I grew up on the streets of Chicago, one of the most violent cities in the country. I was an outgoing, young Puerto Rican girl in an all-white neighborhood where discrimination ran rampant. Without getting into too many details, my sister and I were separated from our parents when I was 6 years old, it was a very traumatic time in my life, it was also one of the most pivotal. One night in a room full of  kids, separated by their parents, the smell of popcorn filled the room, we circled around a small black and white tv to watch what I call, the greatest movie ever made, “Wizard of Oz”, It was then, after watching that film, that I knew what I was going to do for the rest of my life! I was going to be an entertainer that impacts people the way this movie impacted me! It’s all I thought about for the next two decades. In 1996, after finishing college and working in Chicago, to save up for the BIG move, I packed my bags and moved to Hollywood. You can read more about my story in my new book, “Conquering The Deep End” and the new film “Shattered Glass House”, both set to release later this year.

I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey has been a fairly smooth road?
Definitely has not been a smooth road… When I moved to Hollywood I only knew one person and I did not have an agent, so I literally started from scratch. Luckily the person I knew was my Roomate, John Beach, who was already in the business, as a model, so he helped me navigate through the scary Hollywood streets. My first step was to get some new headshots, next stop, Samuel French bookstore to buy the “agent directory”, which had contacts for all agents in LA and what they were looking for. Once my headshots were done and printed, I created a resume with some of the work I had done in Chicago with my agents Salazar & Navas, which I had acquired after winning 1st place runner-up in a Latina beauty pageant. I packaged my headshot and resume in 8×10 envelopes and mailed them out to several agents. A couple of weeks later the calls started coming in. I was already a member of SAG at the time, spoke fluent Spanish and was also a singer, so that helped the process to go faster. I ended up not only signing with a commercial agent but also acquired an incredible theatrical manager. I was off to the races. My first booking was the feature film, “8 Heads in a Duffel Bag”, starring Joe Pesci, Diane Cannon, David Spade, and more. Then booked several national commercials and tv roles. I was living my dream. Soon after, I was offered a job at MTV on show called “Singled Out” with Jenny McCarthy, as a contestant coordinator, where I worked for two years. Then in early 2000, another dream came true, I was recruited by a music executive to a latin girl group, managed by Motown Executive, Suzanne DePasse, and ended up signing a 1.3 million dollar record deal with DreamWorks. It was just as I imagined.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
I am probably best known for my social impact documentary, “Women Like Us”, which I directed in 2017. It premiered at the Los Angeles Women’s International Film Festival and was also featured at several other film festivals, including the Bentonville Film Festival founded by Geena Davis.

I am currently the producer and host of Amazon Live’s, “Welcome To My Clubhouse”, also featured on Youtube.com/@sallycolon1 and available to listen to on all podcast platforms including Spotify and IHeart. Please subscribe to my channel and leave a comment. You can also find me on Clubhouse, the audio app, every Monday at 11am pst on “Messy Mondays”, as well as Tuesday’s at 8-9am pst in the “Breakfast With Champions” room with my co-host, Amilya Antonetti.

I am also the executive producer of three new reality shows that are currently being pitched.

My secret project, that I can finally talk about, is very exciting. I have ventured into the world of voiceover work. I’m the new voice of “Vamp”, a Puerto Rican Scientist in the new Ingames Studios video game, “Crime Boss: Rockay City”, set to release on March 28th, 2023, on Epic Games store, followed by Xbox and PlayStation. I am honored to be included with a list of Celebs, including Danny Glover, Michael Madsen, Kim Basinger, Michael Rooker, Vanilla Ice, Danny Trejo, Chuck Norris and more.

Can you tell us more about what you were like growing up?
I was very energetic, I was the kid that always talked in class and got in trouble. I was brave and stood up to the bullies in my neighborhood, but not just for me, I also protected other kids. My mom was a social worker for special needs kids, and my dad was a pastor, so they taught me to always be kind to everyone. It’s interesting as I type this, I realize now that my first documentary was inspired by who my mom was. One thing I didn’t mention, when my mom passed away in 2014, she left my sisters and I a small inheritance, which I used as the first seed in for my documentary, “Women Like Us”. My mom was my biggest inspiration and my dad was the person that always kept me laughing, I called him the one-liner king, he was a prankster. Three years ago I lost my dad to suicide, it was one of the biggest heartbreaks of my life. After losing him, I decided to go back to school to become a certified life coach under the Association for Coaching, to help others dealing with mental illness. I also started a girls mentoring program in the LAUSD school district which my 2 daughters, Bella and Stevie are a part of, called “Girls Empowered”. I will always be a mental health advocate and I am always ready for the next assignment.

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