Summer Ayala

Summer began working in front of the camera as a toddler competing in pageants in Arizona and Texas. She started acting at 5 years old when she attended her first audition and landed a national Nabisco commercial on-the-spot that aired during the 1989 Rose Bowl Parade. From there, she immediately began training at Kim Dawson and signed with Clipse Management under Ty Kilinc in Dallas. She worked with clients such as JcPenney, Hills Dept. Store, Venture, Target, JumpKing Trampoline, Taco Tico, Miss Teen Dallas, and shot with photographers like John Bae, Jean Luc, and more. At 18, Summer began attending college to become a meteorologist. She wanted to put her love for television and weather into action. During her 3rd year in college, Summer left school to become a full-time mom and wife. While being a stay-at-home mom, after working in front of the camera for more than 10 years, Summer found herself back in entertainment and assisted with casting and training talent for The NeVaeh Agency. She found that her calling was in helping actors and models pursue their careers. She eventually went separate ways from the agency to attended college and gain more basic knowledge about owning a business. While beginning to build her dream business, in 2009, she crossed paths with her previous agent, Ty Kilinc. They focused on creating something that encompassed all talent. Their work included sporting and family events, sports training, and VIP events with celebrities like The All American Rejects, Flo-rida, and Kim Smith. During this time, Summer began managing a select few talent while learning business, marketing, and management from her childhood agent. In 2010, Summer took a short break from entertainment while going through a divorce. Then, in 2011, she obtained an Associate's Degree majoring in Business and Management from Richland College in Dallas and started working in the legal field. She earned her degree as a Paralegal in 2012, and worked at The Kendall Law Group in Dallas where she became an expert in customer service. While working as a paralegal, she still pursued modeling, acting, and mentoring talent, which brought her to meeting entertainment attorney, Evan Fogelman. He pushed her to pursue her dream of being in front of the camera and eventually owning an agency since that is where her true passions, goals, and heart lie. In August 2014, Summer left working as a full-time Paralegal and began creating her dream talent agency. Her current resume includes fashion, commercial, glamour, acting and working with the following professionals, artists and clients: Samuel Wong, Loren Franco, Becca Jett, Willow Wrenn, U.S. Actors Company, S.T.A.G.E., Maxim, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, Gatorade, Mancave Playbabes Magazine, MOLL Magazine, Demerara, Univision 23, Invincible (Disney), 7-11, Ford, Holden Brands, Gatorade, Life-STYLE by Laura, PSD Underwear, and many more. She has worked with several established photographers such as, Jonah and Jason Gilmore, Joseph Brewster, Patrick Wayne, Patrick Green, Anthony Chiang, Rebecca Sanabria, Greg Daniels, Kris Sipes, Ramon Mendez, Matthew Taylor, Matt Lusk, Roberto Inetti, Don Hales (Home Page photo) and Luke Robert Miller. Given Summer's broad experience and background in print and commercial work, training, acting, mentoring, legal, business, marketing, management, customer service, web design, sales, and networking, she is determined to climb the ranks and go beyond owning just some random companies. She is constantly learning and is focused on creating company and brand that is like no other in the entertainment industry. She is building a home for creatives that is based on nurturing talent that will soar in life, business, art, or wherever their hearts may take them. Summer does not compete. She creates her own path and goes against the norm. Along with being accomplished in the talent arena, she also trains and develops new talent, consults with entertainment professionals, assists behind-the-scenes hands-on with fashion shows, casting calls, production, social media, and whatever else she can get her hands on! Summer proudly owns Meraki Talent Agency in Dallas (merakitalentagency.com), the web series The Talent Couch (@TheTalentCouch), and co-owns Fit Fairy Yoga. She and her team also work alongside ArtLoveMagic and WeJourney. Summer is a Phi Theta Kappa Alumni and was named to the President's Honors Lists with 4.0 GPAs through college. She was named after Miss USA 1975, Summer Bartholomew, and Kristin Shepard from the original hit t.v. show Dallas. In her spare time, she enjoys outings with her daughter, cooking and dates with her boyfriend, as well as visiting with friends and family all over the U.S. When time permits, she loves to travel, try new desserts, and read. Follow Summer on social media to keep up with her new projects!