Merle Conscious Soden

Dr. Soden is an Actor, a Division 1 Basketball player, she holds a Master's Degree in Network Engineering and a Bachelors Science degree in Electrical Engineering. She is the self published author of the legendary book "Getting Unstuck (Girl to Girl you can be, infected Indeed)" that went from selling out of boxes on the streets of New York City in the Village in 2000 (in West 4th St playground) to a Showtime Film option, then to her stage play "Getting Unstuck Homeless to Hollywood an American Dream", Executive produced by Troy Carter (Lady Gaga's former Manager). Dr. Soden is a native of Harlem New York resides in Los Angeles California and in Miami Florida. She began a career in television at Broadcast News Network (BNN) in New York City, before serving as Music Manager for the Queen Latifah Show. She then went on to host Oxygen Media's talk show She-Commerce. Her television career was preceded by a stint as a bodyguard for celebrities. Her security and body guard work was showcased at famous New York nightclubs such as The Palladium, The Tunnel, The Limelight, and Club Speed where she managed to nail bodyguard gigs for Mark Wahlberg, Missy Elliot, Busta Rhymes, DMX, and Aaliyah. Dr. Soden is a popular national speaker on subjects of HIV/ AIDS, and recovery. Her self published book Getting Unstuck went from selling out of boxes on the streets of New York City in the Village to Hollywood Options to gaining national and international distribution. She is the CEO of The Getting Unstuck Project inc., an organization dedicated to providing educational materials via, plays, speeches, and films that educate people on the ways to "getunstuck" from the behaviors that put them at risk for HIV/AIDS infection. Getting Unstuck is available at all major bookstore chains in the USA, and internationally in Amsterdam, England, Germany and Australia.