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Dr. Vibe speaks with La Shawn Pagan produced documetary Forced into Silence.
La Shawn Pagán is a writer, photographer, director, producer, and documentary filmmaker from Puerto Rico.
La Shawn was able to establish herself as a human rights violations-journalist at the United Nations; publishing several articles on femicide, child soldiers, as well as a series of articles on climate change. She also collaborated toward a book published by Aignos [pronounced ‘I know’] Publishing entitled There is No Cholera in Zimbabwe with an in depth essay on gender-based violence. She also worked for Aignos publication company as an editor and worked on the manuscripts of Theresa Varela (award winning novel Covering the Sun with My Hand, and Nights of Indigo Blue; a Daisy Muñiz Mystery) Ricardo Rodriguez (Aventuras Sureales de Dr. Mingus) Alvaro Leiva (Iwana – poetry book) and Jonathan Marcantoni (The Feast of San Sebastian). In addition to being an editor, La Shawn also provided the photo that would make the cover to Varela’s debut novel (Sun). After two years of working for Aignos, La Shawn left the company to pursue filmmaking.
La Shawn attended the Colegio de Cinematografia, Artes y Televisión – CCAT (College of Cinematography, Arts and Television) in Bayamón Puerto Rico. During the time she began to develop her first documentary Forced into Silence which focused on male victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. During that time, she also co-wrote, wrote, directed, and produced several short films and digital poems. Including: El Viaje del Amor/The voyage of love, La Entrega, El Pasado esta Muerto, Forced into Silence (intro video), as well as Forced into Silence (first interviews), and For Mom.
She has also given talks about domestic violence and social awareness at La Guardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. As Silence was at a production standstill, La Shawn began filming and released Forever Boogies in collaboration with The Good Men Project – a short length documentary that features interviews an eclectic group of surfers and body boarders about their efforts to maintain a clean environment for the future of the sport – the film went on earn positive reviews and debuted at the 2015 Rincón International Film Festival.
Currently, she’s partnered up with the Puerto Rico Surf & Skate Club in their efforts to spread the word about their work with children who have been diagnosed with autism and down syndrome.
Born and raised in Central New Jersey, Althia McLaughlin received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Professional Writing from The College of New Jersey. Althia currently resides in Charlotte, NC. She was originally drawn to writing because she was excited to consider that she might move people and inspire them through her written voice. After working in the fields of Journalism and Book Publishing, Althia returned to graduate school to “help clients in symbolically writing the stories of their lives through the process of therapy”. She eventually received her Master of Arts Degree from Marymount University in Arlington, VA and became a North Carolina Licensed Professional Counselor.
For the past twelve years, Althia has worked as mental health therapist in non-profit agencies, private agencies, group practice, and private practice in North Carolina and Japan. Althia specializes in the areas of trauma, relationship recovery, couples therapy, and low self-esteem. While she felt that the work she did was very rewarding as a therapist, she recognized a common theme in many of her clients’ stories—that a great deal of their unhappiness was caused by unhealthy romantic relationships or loneliness due to not being able to find romantic partners. She wanted to do something to actively help these distraught, traumatized, and defeated clients—individuals who were very deserving of love and ready to do whatever it took to be happy. And she decided to combine her psychology background with her love of love.
Althia opened her matchmaking agency, A Latte Love Matchmaking, in early 2016. Her agency focuses on using psychology-based principles to understand their clients, guide them in overcoming any obstacles that stand in the way of them finding relationship happiness, and making healthy and appropriate relationship matches for their clients. The first date is always at a cafe, emphasizing the importance of simplicity and comfortable conversation during initial introductions. They have, thus coined the tagline: “Once upon a time in a cozy cafe…”, believing that a lifetime of love can start with a beautiful connection made over a good cup of coffee.
Besides her native language of English, Althia speaks fluent Spanish and conversational Portuguese. One of her great loves is travel. She has lived abroad in a number of countries and has a true passion for exploring cultures, languages, and peoples.
Ms. McLaughlin will be live on our show tonight at 9:30 p.m. Eastern/6:30 p.m. Pacific. She will be talking about The Beauty of Breakups: Shifting From Pain To Power. The conversation will be about people who are either recovering from a recent breakup or are still being held back from healthy relationships due to traumatic previous relationships.
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La Shawn Pagán is a writer, photographer, director, producer, and documentary filmmaker from Puerto Rico.
La Shawn was able to establish herself as a human rights violations-journalist at the United Nations; publishing several articles on femicide, child soldiers, as well as a series of articles on climate change. She also collaborated toward a book published by Aignos [pronounced ‘I know’] Publishing entitled There is No Cholera in Zimbabwe with an in depth essay on gender-based violence. She also worked for Aignos publication company as an editor and worked on the manuscripts of Theresa Varela (award winning novel Covering the Sun with My Hand, and Nights of Indigo Blue; a Daisy Muñiz Mystery) Ricardo Rodriguez (Aventuras Sureales de Dr. Mingus) Alvaro Leiva (Iwana – poetry book) and Jonathan Marcantoni (The Feast of San Sebastian). In addition to being an editor, La Shawn also provided the photo that would make the cover to Varela’s debut novel (Sun). After two years of working for Aignos, La Shawn left the company to pursue filmmaking.
La Shawn attended the Colegio de Cinematografia, Artes y Televisión – CCAT (College of Cinematography, Arts and Television) in Bayamón Puerto Rico. During the time she began to develop her first documentary Forced into Silence which focused on male victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. During that time, she also co-wrote, wrote, directed, and produced several short films and digital poems. Including: El Viaje del Amor/The voyage of love, La Entrega, El Pasado esta Muerto, Forced into Silence (intro video), as well as Forced into Silence (first interviews), and For Mom.
She has also given talks about domestic violence and social awareness at La Guardia Community College in Long Island City, NY. As Silence was at a production standstill, La Shawn began filming and released Forever Boogies in collaboration with The Good Men Project – a short length documentary that features interviews an eclectic group of surfers and body boarders about their efforts to maintain a clean environment for the future of the sport – the film went on earn positive reviews and debuted at the 2015 Rincón International Film Festival.
Currently, she’s partnered up with the Puerto Rico Surf & Skate Club in their efforts to spread the word about their work with children who have been diagnosed with autism and down syndrome.
Ms. Pagan will be on our show live tonight 6 p.m. Eastern/3 p.m. Pacific. She will talking about The Life Of An Independent Filmmaker.
