Ruth Ann Drozd says...

I have enjoyed working with Matthew Marshall over the years when we have been involved in volunteer work, primarily church-related, and some with multi-cultural children and youth. Matthew has always shown great ability, strength and caring for youth work and encouraging young people in preparing for their life’s journey.

Matthew, in my opinion, is a very gifted and talented person in his ability to mentor and “teach by example”. He excels as a director, producer and writer of plays and films, primarily aimed at overcoming life’s challenges and how we learn from them. He encourages young folk to rise above problems and learn to cope with issues such as bullying, difficulty in accepting authority, and matters relating to family and other personal relationships.

Since young people participate in these productions and casting of many of his films, I see this as an opportunity for youth, teens and young people to be mentored while gaining experience, having opportunities to be a part of the films, learn the industry, having fun working on the productions, and in doing so gaining experience and credits. Further to this, there are many lessons learned from the plots and stories on subjects relating to the challenges of life.

All these factors I would say are of great advantage to the youth involved with this team. It offers an excellent opportunity for multi-generational interaction between youth and elder mentors on the team. I have on occasion had the opportunity to interact with the youth on productions and have gained great joy and insight into their goals, dreams and ambitions.

I have also had the pleasure of helping in the promotion and presentation of productions for showings, but also in searching and finding locations for filming of scenes for the films. Using my 48+ years of experience as a London Realtor to find venues and locations for the films this team is working on.

To Matt and the team, I say “you are doing a great job.”

Ruth Ann Drozd
Broker, Royal Le Page Triland Realty, London Ontario

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