Mar 25, 2020
Tracy introduces you to Francesca Joy Rizzo in Episode #64 of ADHD for Smart Ass Women. Francesca Rizzo is an award-winning actor, writer, producer and director in theater, film, television and digital media. Her powerful and provocative ideas are fueled by her mission to explore, illuminate and celebrate the female experience with passion, humor and imagination. Fran believes that the way the world sees women becomes the way the world treats women so she employs female creativity to even things out.
As a college dropout, Fran mined her creative talents for skills she could use to pay the rent in New York City. Along the way she carved out a career as a children’s book illustrator, professional actor, co-founder of a downtown theater company and eventually, as a filmmaker and CEO of MovieBaby Productions, a Tribeca-based media company creating innovative videos, independent films and tv promotional campaigns.
After 9/11, Fran went back to the basics, earning her degree in Media Arts as well as the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Student Excellence. While making her mark in the fine arts and interior design, she penned and performed three theatrical productions, curated The Cinema-Femina film series and, created Believe Women, a rape activist initiative that championed the Cosby survivors along their journey to justice.
Fran is one of the founding members of ADHD for Smart Ass Women and is now one of our administrators. I regularly introduce her as the most creative person I know. I have talked about her in my podcast and actually have women request to join the ADHD for Smart Ass Women’s FB group just because they want to meet Fran.
Fran shares with us:
- The circumstances surrounding her ADHD diagnosis
- Her ADHD symptoms
- How her symptoms got worse in midlife?
- How important interest is to her driven brain
- The ADHD traits that she feels are responsible for her success?
- What she feels is the key to living successfully with ADHD
- Some ADHD workarounds
Resources:
MESSAGES - Facebook PM
WEBSITE - http://www.francescarizzo.com/
FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/francescarizzo
INSTAGRAM - https://www.instagram.com/francescarizzonyc/
GREAT DAMES MEDIA - https://www.facebook.com/greatdamesmedia/
FRANCESCA UNLIMITED - https://www.facebook.com/francescaunlimited/
IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0729883/
VIMEO - https://vimeo.com/francescarizzo