Johann SmitI n t r o d u c t i o n

DePaul UniversityActing Up For Social Change

2011-2012 Autumn

I was born here…

South AfricaPretoria : The Jacaranda City

At 24, I relocated:

Namibia (South-West Africa)Windhoek : The Windy City

I went from:SAP Riot Squad… to hair stylist, waiter, and finally…video editor/camera operator/audio designer.

1988 – 2008 : A life in the day of me

As video editor, I worked full time…

Ombetja Yehinga Organization

NamibianBroadcast

CorporationTrustco

Holdings

One Africa Television

…yet, I did my best workas a freelance editor for

Ombetja YehingaOrganization (OYO),an HIV-Awareness

Non-Profit in Namibia.

But there is another sound to the story: Music.

1988 – 2008 : A life in the day of me

1992-1997Eternal Reign

1997-2005Arcana XXII

1997-2008Gazoline

And finally USA

Our inspired student

Our Wedding Day

When I moved here for my Romanian-American Simona and we got married,I had to make a new career move due to a flooded media market. It was going to be Information Technology.

I am not really and activist. I do my thing,adding creativity and spice to the ideas and projects of my clients. But it is thiscreativity that is my life-long passion.

And it is with creativity in mind that I study fora degree in IT, focusing on Database-, and Web design and development.

I completed my first year at another university, and joined DePaul to continue my journey of education, while working for a security company as a shift supervisor.

thank you for watching…