We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Samantha DeSuze. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Samantha below.

Samantha , thanks for taking the time to share your stories with us today When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?

It all started when I was literally 7 years old. I went to work with my dad very early one morning. He did Morning radio in Boston and had to be at the station at 430 am, to wake up New England at 530 am. I do remember when we got to the radio station and his producer was there with fresh donuts, and coffee. I remember my dad sitting up at the radio console, opening the mic to say Good Morning! Right then and there, I knew what I wanted to do. It was like a light bulb went off in my head. I wanted to be on the radio, It would be years later, I would decide to pursue Voice Acting as a dream job.

Samantha , before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I basically got into the VO industry full time after the Pandemic hit. I had been in the Broadcast Media sector for a number of years doing stints as a Radio Personality, Weather Reporter, Music Director..You name it I did it. It was alot of fun, and alot of hard work. But if you love what you do, it really doesn’t seem like work at all.
It wasn’t until right before the Pandemic I decided to really pivot into Voice Over. I started training with a number of voice coaches and built my studio. Was this a scary time? oh yes!!!! But i managed to do it. Being the fresh rookie I was..and from the skills I had learned in the Radio Biz, I began doing some old fashioned cold calling, and emailing. It was from that point I had connected with some friends whom i had worked with in the past in Radio, who are now in either Advertising, Streaming, or they own their own businesses. I now work consistently with them on different projects.

It isn’t every day that something like this happens. It’s rare. I am incredibly thankful for all of the opportunities that have come my way. You can’t take it for granted.

The VO Community is a great one. We are all creatives. But we are all business people first. And working with great clients is a wonderful feeling.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

Resilience is a powerful thing. and I guess that can come from a number of things. One of them is shortly after the death of my mom in 2018. I had been a full time care-giver to her while maintaining a career in Radio. I later decided to cut back my hours in my career to care for her. The other was the pandemic, but with that, it also gave me time to really think about how I was going to seriously carve out the VO career I really wanted to focus on and put together as a business. In a way, these two things demonstrate resiliency.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

The most rewarding aspect of being a creative in this industry is that it’s a shared collective. We all support one another on our projects, and also if someone is going thru those ‘peaks and valleys’. Another thing that is wonderful about the VO industry is that alot of mentorships happen as well. You do see alot growth within the community. Yes, it’s an extremely competitive business but the fact that you can learn how to maintain that competitive edge from your peers, and then give back that knowledge to a newer creative is rewarding as well.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.samanthadesuze.com
• Instagram: samanthasvoxandpictures
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samanthadesuze/

Image Credits

1-5 photos by Robert Mattson/Downstage Images

last image-self with sister, Alex deSuze and nephew, Benjamin Bratcher.