Rebecca Withey

Rebecca Lane (Rebecca Withey) was born the eldest of two daughters in San Jose, California. With her mother being an elementary school teacher who specialized in Children's Musical Theater and her father who owned a local advertising agency, it was natural that her interest in business, media, marketing, and the Arts flourished. She started performing at the tender age of 5 and soon found herself falling in love with all forms of performing including choir, musical theater, and performance groups. Her mother started songwriting during the '80s and she followed suit by writing poetry, songs, and instrumentals as a teenager in High School. Becoming a wife and mother at 22, she continued using her talents as a form of expression, reflection, and self-therapy during the tough times in her life. With the purchase of her first Apple laptop in 2005, she started creating websites and recorded her first relaxation podcast called "Sunday Morning Meditations" in order to express her love for beautiful music, positive thoughts, poetry, and scripture. In 2007, she started "video blogging" on YouTube to capture yet another journey of her life (the original channel was taken down). By 2008, she self-published a book of poetry "The Genesis Journey - A Creative Collection" as a Christmas gift to her family. In 2010 she took the next step in her evolution by moving into film production. She assisted in producing two short films, "Are You My Girlfriend" and "Thugs Need Hugs", with E+ Productions while working as a Direct Care Professional for adults with special needs. She also produced the "Voices of ePlus" podcast that was played locally on KUBU. But that was only the beginning. From 2010 to 2011, she worked with Live Media Entertainment, a film production company that was once based in Auburn, California where she was an Assistant Casting Director and Production Coordinator for "Dark Truths" (never released). She also assisted with minor jobs including the development of two other films. After her husband, Mark Withey became diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer she shifted her focus on caregiving and going to school before his passing in September 2016. During this time she Wrote/Directed "A Bit of Forever: A Short Film of Hope" which was an official selection 2013 Life Film Festival in Hollywood, CA. She was the Producer/Director/Editor of the music video "Vulnerable" which was featured at the 2013 Sacramento Film & Music Festival. She was the Writer/Director/Editor for "#DONE" an official selection at 2015 Emerging Filmmakers Showcase in Auburn, CA, and directed "See You When" for the 2017 Place Called Sacramento film festival. In 2016/2017, she graduated with two AA degrees in Applied Art & Design - Multimedia and Communication Studies - Multimedia/Graphic Design from Sierra College in Rocklin, California. She continues her educational journey by pursuing her BS in Business Administration Marketing with WGU. One of her favorite narration projects was "The Book of Iudex" by author Tachina Eva which was released on Audible in June of 2018. She recently completed a graphic animation of my short story The Mighty Oak which was released on September 22, 2018, and won Honorable Mention for Best Children's Short at the Indie Short Film Festival. Rebecca lives in Northern Indiana with her new husband Charles Lane. She currently works for the University of Notre Dame and enjoys her new life in the Midwest.