UCLA grad, Mary-Margaret Stratton aka ‘anand’ is a seasoned industry consulting veteran with thirty years of experience working with Forbes 500 and corporate clients. She brings fun, healthy, productive, practical vision, initiative and multi-disciplinary skills to the table. As a Senior User Experience (UX) and Senior Creative Consultant, she has successfully delivered hundreds of projects spanning a multitude of industries, audiences, markets, organizational types and business challenges. Some institutions she has worked with include: 3M, Canon, DreamWorks, First Data, IBM, Mattel Toys, Tommy Bahamas, Thomson Financial and Xerox. Her professional CV may be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marymargaret/

On the flip side, anand has decades of additional study in world philosophies and 'mystery schools.' She studied under direction of the Essene Order (founded by Dr. Edmond Bordeaux Szekely and Gary White in the San Diego, CA area). She was ordained as an Essene Minister by a Bishop of the Order in 2011. She received David Avocado Wolfe’s Certification as a Raw Food Nutritionist (CFRN) from the Body Mind Institute out of Toronto Canada in 2012. In 2018 she completed additional Ministerial Certification from the Nazarenes of Mount Carmel and is currently an active minister under their spiritual order. She serves as a Master Tarot reader with uncanny intuitive abilities and was attuned as a reiki maStar. She has been an advocate for vegetarianism for three decades and the Essenes are noted for their commitment to peace and a live food diet.

Her public speaking website may be found here: https://www.anandsahaja.com/

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Cherry Capri is a quirky red haired performance artist and pop cult celebrity. She is YOUR eccentric Auntie Mame whose world is full of vintage style with bossa nova and surf music, retro futurism and Rat Pack era shenanigans. Cherry is known for her outrageous recycled pink polyester pantsuits. Children of all ages resonate with her charm.

For well over a decade, Cherry wrote a "Dear Cherry" advice column for CA Modern Magazine and formerly for Bachelor Pad Magazine and Tiki Magazine. Her column focuses on healthy homemaking and hosting, eco-friendly decorating along with Modern manners. As a performer, Cherry has headlined three Mondo Lounge shows and the Mondo Tiki event at the Hard Rock Hotel. She has performed at tiki clubs across the country. “Dear Cherry” radio drop-in shows are available from Public Radio Exchange!

Cherry is also a sculptor and painter who’s exhibited in Hollywood, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and San Francisco in one women shows and alongside Shag and other luminaries of the Southern California Pop Surrealist scene. Always known to pay respect to her elders, the cover of her collectible album "Creamy Cocktails & Other Delights" featured a fun homage to the classic "Whipped Cream" album by Herb Alpert.

Finally, Cherry Capri was once crowned QUEEN of the famous Pasadena Doo Dah Parade! So is it any wonder that Cherry Capri is known as America’s Mistress of Modernism and Mirth!? It is her mission in life to spread the joy of Mid-Mod Living combined with a hip healthy attitude!