Tiffani Knowles

Accents: American Southern American Urban Caribbean Dialects: South African West African Latina British Language: Spanish (with Latin American Accent) Impersonations: Geeky, Nasal Girl Ghetto Girl Old Witch's voice 5-year-old Girl

I did my first voiceover at age 13 when my Florida church, populated by hundreds of Caribbean immigrants, needed a neutral North American voice to record the message options on their very first voicemail system. Disregarding my youth, they knew I was about the only one who could properly represent the church brand without sounding like we were running the Cool Runnings Cafe church in Miami, Florida. It was what started my journey as a VO artist. I continued to use my voice to warm the hearts of audiences near and far. I became the first winner of the National Youth Storytelling Olympics, was an honorary storyteller at the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro, Tennessee. Since 2008, I have voiced commercial copy for Kingdom Life Ministries International, Millennial Financial Group, and Peter Bonadie Ministries. In 2012, I became the official promo voice for LifeZone Television, signed an audio book contract with Bell Bridge Books and the promo voice for WLIB's "Internally Fortified." B.A. in Broadcast Communication, Barry University M.A. in Art & Humanities Education, New York University Group VO Class with Tara Boragine at NYC's Actor's Connection (June - August 2011) Private VO Lessons with Tara Boragine (Oct. 2011 - March 2012) Access to Local Studio: VO Booth with Neumann TLM102 Studio Mic and filter 16-channel mixer Computer with programs like Sound Forge, Audible, Pro Tools I am the managing editor of art and culture magazine, NEWD Magazine, and the station manager (since 2012) of its spinoff radio station NEWDradio. I host my own talk radio show every Friday at 10 a.m. where I have interviewed everyone from Spike Lee to Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee. For NEWDradio, I voice 98% of the promos and commercial spots. Additionally, I am and adjunct professor of Communications at City University of New York - Laguardia where I teach courses in Oral Interpretations, Public Speaking, Intro to Broadcasting and Persuasion.