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• Trainer: Jewels Marie | bio

  At the age of eighteen, Jewels is a very creative, multi-talented individual. She models, sings, acts and loves to create artsy crafts and various collages. She began singing publically at a very young age and you may find her singing in nursing homes, churches, or even in a baseball park, singing the National Anthem for the Dayton Dragons.

  Her modeling and acting was confined to the Ohio area, performing for various commercials and winning Junior Miss America pageants.

  She was chosen for this role because of her experience in front of a camera coupled with her lack of experience in preventive car maintenance. The reason for this was to validate the claim that "anyone can do preventive maintenance on their car." Once she was trained, she trained others.

• Trainer: Torrie | bio

  At the age of fifteen, Torrie is just breaking into the world in front of the camera. Until now, singing is the only thing she loved doing, and she does it very well! In front of a large audience, Torrie always feels at home, so her working in front of a camera was no big deal.

  Torrie was chosen for her ability to work well in front of a camera and her lack of experience in automotive preventive maintenance. This way, she could show the work just how easy saving money really is!

Crew

• Writer: Craig T. Miller and Ida R. Sells Miller | bio

  For Craig's bio, see "Director."

  Ida first came up with the plan to educate teenage girls in the finer points of car repair to help them help themselves. She has always believed that "every girl should know how to change a tire, check the oil, antifreeze and transmission fluid, and know a little bit about what to look for when choosing a car technician." Her first idea was to conduct the training in her own driveway. When she saw the videos that Craig was making for work, the idea for an educational video was born.

  Ida is a proud mother of four children and homeschooled each one from K-12. Her experience in primary education made her an invaluable asset to the design of "Basic Car Maintenance For Pretty Hands!®" She is considered an authority on many areas that affect homeschoolers and is invited to speak of various homeschooling-related subjects from time to time.

• Production Company: Miller Productions | bio

  Miller Productions is a multimedia production company owned by Craig and Ida Miller. Their vision is to produce educational videos under the TradeMark, "For Pretty Hands!®" Their first production, "Basic Car Maintenance For Pretty Hands!®" was born out of this vision.

• Copyright: Craig T. Miller and Ida R. Sells Miller | bio

  See bios for "director" and "writer."

• Director: Craig T. Miller | bio

  Fourteen years in commercial aviation as a certificated technician, Craig's professional background would hardly seem related to multimedia production. But changing career paths from technician to trainer, he found many uses for video, computer-based and web-based training, in addition to the typical training methodologies. The need for multimedia was rising and with nobody else doing it in his department; he got involved in developing multimedia courseware and found out that he had a knack for it.

  On top of an aviation-related degree in Specialized Technology and an Airframe and Powerplant license, Craig has a BS in Business Administration and professional certifications related to e-learning, performance consulting, instructional system design, training management, and is a certified master trainer. Craig has been making training videos since the mid-90s. Lastly, Craig has enjoyed making music with his guitar from the age of nine to the present, and feels that a life of music has made him a better producer/director.

  Craig was the recipient of the 2005 AEGIS Video and Film Production Award for the production of a "Passenger Safety Briefing" training video for ABX AIR, Inc., an all-cargo airline headquartered in Wilmington, Ohio.

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