Real City Ambassadors

Episode 14: Lilla Pittman

Lilla Pittman, known by most as "Coach Lilla," is the founder/director of Feline Finesse Dance Company (FFDC). FFDC is a Bayview-Hunters Point, all-female youth dance troupe that philosophizes a sisterhood of love and self respect. They self-identify through genres of Hip Hop, West African, and Afro Funk. Lilla's most recent accomplishment is the grand opening of the House of Finesse, a community center meant to empower, motivate, and support youth in District 10 in every aspect of their journey into adulthood. Her passion and drive within the Bayview-Hunters Point community is to nurture the spirit and feed the souls of the youth!

 

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #FFDC #HouseofFinesse #District10

Episode 13: Larry Dorsey Jr

Larry Dorsey Jr is a storyteller born & raised in San Francisco. He is known in the city for his adventurous lifestyle and as a radio personality for the premiere Hip Hop station in the Bay Area (106 KMEL #iHeartMedia).

 

Before being involved with activism, he crafted his talents in various forms of performance arts. Music/Poetry (shout out to Youth Speaks) has been a part of his life since childhood. He is also a life long joke teller, first learning the craft of Stand-up while working security at The Punch Line San Francisco / Cobb's Comedy Club , finally hitting the stage after taking a workshop at the famous San Jose Improv. His most recent accolade, is being promoted to “main stage company” at BATS , the top improv theatre in Northern California.

 

He graduated from SF State University majoring in Creative Writing, Academy of Art University majoring in Motion Pictures & Television, and the Meisner Technique Studio acting program. He has also studied at different theaters around the Bay (i.e. the A.C.T.)- in classes ranging from clowning to public speaking.

His free time is dedicated to creating content for social media- follow him to learn more or to check out some of his art: (url) @LarryDorseyJr

 

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #Podcasts #LarryDorseyjr #106KMEL #iHeartMedia #PunchlineSF #CobbsComedyClub #YouthSpeaks

Episode 12: La Doña

Blending Caribbean beats, Reggaeton, and Hip Hop styles, San Francisco-born Cecilia Cassandra Peña-Govea aka La Doña, composes songs that explore her radical brown femininity, inspired by love, sex, pain, and climate catastrophes. The Chicana singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist grew up performing professionally as a trumpeter in her parent’s conjunto, eventually mastering instruments such as the guitarrón, vihuela, guitar, and Latin percussion. La Doña is taking over!

 

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #LaDoña #BayArea #SanFrancisco #Frisco #Podcast #BayAreaArtist

Episode 11: Mark Wooding

Mark Wooding is the creator of After Skool, a youtube channel with 1.4 million subscribers that aims to enhance profound ideas with art. After Skool covers a wide range of topics that you won't hear in a traditional classroom, like sacred geometry and psilocybin mushrooms.

 

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #AfterSkool #SanFrancisco #YouTuber #BayArea #Podcasts #Psilocybin #SacredGeometry 

Episode 10: Franco Finn

Franco Finn is in his 19th Season as the In-Arena MC and TV Personality for the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors. Known as the "Warriors Hype Man" at Oracle Arena and now the new Chase Center in San Francisco, he performs live in front of 20,000+ fans each night. Franco's job is to energize and entertain the crowds and his responsibilities include introducing the team's starting lineup, hosting the pre-game show "Warriors TV" and conducting all the contests and promos at the Arena. Also, Franco is currently a segment host on KRON 4 TV and freelances as an MC/host for the San Francisco Giants' special events for the past 11 seasons. He is a local and national MC, hosting a variety of sporting events from NASCAR to Red Bull’s extreme sports events. His previous stints include being an on-air personalty and host for TV and Radio for CBS, Comcast SportsNet, the Oakland Raiders (NFL Network), KOFY-TV, Radio Disney, KGO AM 810, and guest appearances on ESPN Radio.

Franco Finn is also a professional auctioneer and graduated from the prestigious Mendenhall School of Auctioneering in North Carolina, and also holds the Benefit Auctioneer Specialist designation (B.A.S.) from the National Auctioneer Association (NAA). He's been involved in a multitude of fundraising and corporate events for various high-profile companies to non-profits. He has worked with some of the most recognized non-profit charities and organizations from the American Red Cross, March of Dimes, The Ronald McDonald House, the Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA, and the Make-A-Wish Foundation, just to name a handful, helping to raise millions of dollars and counting, in his career!

 

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #FrancoFinn #BayArea #Warriors #WarriorsHypeMan #SFGiants

Episode 9: Carlos Gutierrez

Carlos Gutierrez is a native of San Francisco, currently an Arts Instructor at Larkin Street Youth Services, and independent Producer/Audio-Engineer/DJ under his own production company JumpHouse Music. He is the music producer behind the Real City Ambassadors theme.

After graduating for NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, with an emphasis in Entrepreneurship and Executive Production, he brought his talents back to the Bay Area community.

Carlos has had the opportunity to work with music legends Dwayne Wiggins (Tony! Toni!Tone!), RBL Posse, Mistah F.A.B., San Quinn, DJ Rick Lee, and hundreds of local SF Bay Area music and culture influencers through his residency as in-house Producer/DJ at Calle 11 nightclub.

In 2020, at his personal studio, and at

Bayonics Studio In SF, he develops local talent, as well as completing his residency at Zoo Labs music accelerator program in Oakland, CA with Loco Bloco

 

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #SanFrancisco #Frisco #BayArea #MusicProduce #YayArea

Episode 8: The Trims

Hailing from San Jose, Ca, The Trims have a loyal fanbase and buzz that can easily carry them beyond their locality and into a national spotlight. With a strong sound reminiscent of early U2, The Strokes, The Cure, The Killers and the Brit-Pop of the 90’s, while also conjuring the swagger of artists like Joy Division and The Doors, “The Trims” maintain a pop friendly sound and delivery which invites music lovers of all genres into the fold.

 

Check out their music at: https://thetrims.net/

 

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #TheTrims #SanJose #BayArea

#IndieRock #AltRock

Episode 7: Lady Ray

Lady Ray is a proud Bay Area native and UC Berkeley (CAL) Alum who has been part of the radio industry for more than a decade. Lady Ray's dream of being in the radio industry began as a young girl when she and her cousins created their own radio station using an old tape deck and mics. They recorded breaks and even played special requests for their "listeners". As a CAL student, Lady Ray co-hosted the afternoon news at the campus radio station, KAL-X. During her junior year of college, she got her start at 106 KMEL as an intern and 7 months later she was hired in promotions and then went on to produce the Morning Show, where's she's been ever since. As a part of the Sana G Morning Show, you can catch her Monday-Friday 6am-10am giving you the traffic to get you where you need to be! Wake up with Lady Ray Saturdays 8am-11am to get what's new on KMEL and in the streets.

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #LadyRay #106KMEL #KMEL #BayArea #YayArea

Episode 6: Jeff Hunt

Jeff moved to San Francisco in 2000 largely because of the city's music, art, history, and vibrant culture. His journey into storytelling began in 2008 when he co-founded Muni Diaries. He produced biannual live storytelling shows starting in 2009, and in 2016, launched his very own podcast, Storied: San Francisco.

His goal for Storied: San Francisco podcast is to share what it is about this place—the people, the places, the stories—that makes it so special. Jeff believes in community, and sees Storied as a way for us all to get to know our neighbors.

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #StoriedSanFrancisco #Podcasts #SanFrancisco #Frisco

Episode 5: Rubi Sanchez

Rubi Sanchez is a San Francisco native, Lowell High School alumna, UC Berkeley graduate, and currently a Product Manager at Google. She is passionate about AI powered technologies that create a lasting meaningful impact. Before Google, she co-founded a computer vision company that was recognized by President Obama at the first ever White House Demo Day.

#RealCityAmbassadors #RCA #SanFrancisco #Frisco #LowellHighSchool #LatinasinTech