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Dahjn Maria Gomez is an actress living in Severn, MD. Born in Harlem, NY and raised in The Bronx, the acting bug bit her early in life. From her very first role in her 3rd grade play, “The Prince and the Gumdrop Dragon”, Dahjn (pronounced Don) took her role as The Marshmallow Princess very seriously. In fact, when the audience laughed at how cute and accurate she was, she came off stage upset because she thought she did a terrible job. Fortunately, her mother and grandmother were able to assuage her fears. Her teenage years were full of both music and acting. A mezzo-soprano, she performed numerous talent shows where she sang duets with her sister, Amina. Sometimes she accompanied her solo performances playing the flute, a skill she took up at the coercion of her mother, in the 6th grade. She won the John Philip Sousa Music Award in the 9th grade as a result of her flute skills. In addition, upon moving to New Haven, CT for her last year of high school, (she graduated as a junior), she attended Educational Center for the Arts for singing. It was there at E.C. A. that she was casted in her very first operetta, “Dido and Aeneas” as The Sorceress. She played the role so well that she began to scare her family for taking on the character’s traits. It was then that Dahjn confirmed that acting would be a part of her life. College, marriage, children and divorce placed Dahjn’s acting career on hold; however when she decided to change careers, she took acting classes at Howard Community College in 2006. Due to a course requirement for the Acting I class, Dahjn auditioned for a role in an improv play called “Letters to S.A.N.T.A.”. She was surprised when she received the callback and stunned when she received her role as “Ginger Breadcookie”, an elf that loved Santa and would do anything for him. After the director’s advice on what her elf character was, she instantly created a unique voice and walk that she still reprises today. Dahjn’s voice, described as sensual and provocative, was lent to a PC videogame called, “SunAge in which she played, The Oracle. This was her very first professional voiceover. Although the game did not take off as hoped, she learned from this experience and tweaked her voice to give it the most optimal effect possible. On January 18, 2008, Dahjn met with some misfortune when she sustained injuries from an on the job accident that left her using crutches for 4 years. She thought that she would never walk without assistance again, but dug deep and as a result of watching “The Secret”, put down the crutches in January 2012. She then decided to take a “leap” and auditioned for local director and producer, Phoenix Tremayne, for a role on his soap opera, “Thirsty”. She was elated when she was casted, although not for the original role she auditioned for. She became “Andrea Santiago”, a computer nerd with a “killer” alter ego. Recently, she had a cameo role as “The Nurse”, on the web series “Georgian Way”. The show’s unique and hysterical take on dysfunctional families fed into Dahjn’s odd take on humor and life. In addition, she is a regular on Phoenix Tremayne’s, “Everyday Fitness for Everyday People”, a local web and soon to be on TV exercise show that proves anyone at any size or fitness level can exercise and live a healthy lifestyle. When she is not acting, you can find Dahjn working for a local trash company as their Collections and Credit Specialist. Here she has been affectionately dubbed as “The Voice”; partly because she is the voice recording on their afterhours voicemail and their automated collection’s dunning call. Dahjn can be best described as, “a bubbly personality that loves to laugh and learn who has a compassionate and caring persona”. Her goal is to show that people don’t have to be perfect to perform in the entertainment industry, they just have to have drive and focus . Her favorite saying…… “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, either way you are right”. CHECK OUT DAHJN IN EVERYDAY FITNESS ON www.myhotzonetv.com