b'MS Focus ActivitiesFrom Hollywood to Fort LauderdaleSocial media specialist comes full circle.By Kimani HendricksDespite being enamored by film andNetwork, a webcast ahead of its timebut animationasachildfromBoulder,Colo.,also with brands such as Sony, the NBA, and Aron Fyne had yet to consider the medium aAdidas. Aron participated in live events, career option. Although Aron assumed hedfilmed behind the scenes footage, and become a stuntman in high school, he choseconducted interviews with a bevy of celebrities communications as his college major. I didntfrom Xhibit to Paris Hilton. Afterward, he like that area of study and decided to pursuebecame an assistant editor for JASH, an lmattheUniversityofCentralFlorida;alternativeandedgycomedycommunity eventually, I transferred to the Art Institute:founded by stars Sarah Silverman, Reggie Fort Lauderdale to nish my digital lmmakingWatts, Tim and Eric, and Michael Cera. At and videography degree in 2008, Aron said.nearly 225,000 YouTube subscribers, JASH Fresh out of school, scarce lm opportunitiesprovides complete creative freedom for the caused Aron to seek employment in othercomedic collective. Upon meeting his future industries. During the next year, he workedwife in Los Angeles, the pair moved to Nashville, as a bartender, using his earnings to relocateTenn., where she attended Vanderbilt University to West Hollywood, Calif., with two friends. to receive her MBA. Comedic collective Solace in volunteeringAs a barback in a Beverly Hills boutique,Within the next few years, Aron continued Aron began a videography internship withhis education, this time earning a business Cashmere Agency, an Englewood-baseddegree at Columbia College and freelancing marketingcompany,creatingcontentforas a visual artist and marketing strategist. He West Coast Hip Hop acts, including Snoop Dogg.was also a project manager at an advertising and It was a small operation in a neighborhoodintegrative marketing corporation. Eventually, heavily saturated in gang activity but whatAron amassed 50 independent clients, but as started as a production house, became a full- the COVID-19 pandemic commenced, most scale talent media corporation, thanks to Snoopscould no longer afford his services. Amidst involvement. The experience had its stressesmounting stress, he found solace in volunteering.but was, by far, surreal, Aron added. I came full circle at that point because I During his Cashmere days, he not onlyusedtovolunteerfortheelderly;itwasa served on GGNSnoop Doggs Double G Newstransportation service, so Id pick them up, msfocusmagazine.org 40'