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Fall 2024 – LOCAL695.COM 43 I am deeply grateful for the unwavering support from Shondaland Productions since 2017. My journey in the television industry began as a Sound Utility on the TV show American Dreams in 2004, alongside the talented actor Tom Verica. When Tom transitioned to directing, I had the opportunity to work on his short film on weekends, hoping to establish my name in the industry. He promised to involve me in more significant projects, and almost twelve years later, he fulfilled his promise by offering me the pilot for For the People, a show he directed and produced with Shondaland. After completing the pilot, Tom told me about another pilot called Station 19. The Station 19 pilot kept getting delayed with the fall season approaching, so I chose to continue with For the People. I worked on it for three seasons only to see it get canceled, while Station 19 was picked up for its third season. This turn of events led to a call from one of the producers of Station 19, inviting me to meet with Paris Barclay, a director and producer on the show. My first instinct was to reach out to my friend, David Kirschner, the original mixer from Station 19. I was curious why he was not returning to the show. David revealed that he was retiring after fifty years in the business. I then called Paris Barclay and set up the meeting. I was fortunate to join Station 19 as the Sound Mixer, taking over from David. It was a challenging transition, as I had big shoes to fill, but with David's guidance and some adjustments to adapt to the show's unique requirements, I took over the show successfully. The show was intense, often involving multiple cameras and locations, and requiring us always to be ready with booms and wireless mics. We always had to coordinate with the camera, props, costumes, hair, medical, and fire technical advisers to determine how we would place the microphones on the actors because sometimes they would wear helmets or take them off during the scene, or change clothes from firefighter uniforms to civilian clothes on camera. It was a heavy, intense, noisy props show, and we were by Juan Cisneros CAS