Contenders Wanted

Episode 23 - From hobby to a fulfilling career...mid pandemic with Sandra Osborne

May 17, 2021 Rob Cook / Sandra Osborne Season 1 Episode 23
Contenders Wanted
Episode 23 - From hobby to a fulfilling career...mid pandemic with Sandra Osborne
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Do you have that dream career you’ve always wanted to pursue? If not, is it because life seems to get in the way? Maybe you already have a successful career and you tell yourself you don’t have the time to try and go after that dream because you have a family or it might require a bit of an investment, or be inconvenient.  Well if you can relate to these feelings then you’ll love our interview today with Sandra Osborne.

Sandra is a very successful voice over actor and motion capture performer who has had the privilege of voicing characters for games such as NBA 2K21, MARVEL Avengers Academy, MechWarrior 5, Ingress Prime, Brawl Stars, Heroes of Newerth, AFK Arena, and many more to be announced. She's also had the honor of lending her voice to commercials and projects for companies such as Amazon, American Airlines, Hertz, Dove Chocolate, Mobil 1, Corona, Purell, and many others. Sandra is also an award winning journalist who has been recognized by the Florida Associated Press and worked as an on-air news anchor and reporter in both Florida and the Bay Area in California for many years before leaving her news anchoring job to go all in on her voice over acting dream. On the show today we discuss the following:

  • Who is Sandra and what does he/she do (6:06)
  • Working at Medieval Times (7:47)
  • How Sandra's previous careers prepared her for her voice acting career (9:48)
  • Things that Sandra did to enable her to go from hobby to fulfilling career (13:33)
  • The impact of her early years and lessons learned from her parents (17:04)
  • Things you wouldn't know about working in voice acting (23:22)
  • The importance of receiving feedback and coaching (31:50)
  • The importance of Sandra's husband's support and balancing dreams and family (37:48)
  • What Sandra does to continue to progress (47:13)
  • What does it mean to Sandra to be a Contender (59:15)


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Who is Sandra and what does she do
Working at Medieval Times
How Sandra's previous careers prepared her for her voice over career
Things that Sandra did that enabled her to go from hobby to career
The impact her early years had on her and lessons learned from her parents
Things that people wouldn't know about working in voice acting
The importance of receiving feedback and coaching
The importance of Sandra's husbands support and balancing your dreams and your family
What Sandra does to continue to progress now that she's been successful
What does it mean to Sandra to be a Contender
How to contact Sandra
My thoughts on working towards our dreams