A voice for radio, with Oprah's ambition

I think the reason I was always so interested in voice-overs was that when she read to me, she changed her voice for every character...

TheGrio Staff

Dec 16, 2010

From The New York Times

At Mercy High School in Farmington Hills, Mich., Dawn Hill’s classmates voted her “most likely to become Oprah.”

Ms. Hill, 24, is a local producer and a fledgling voice-over artist for commercials on the radio stations WBLS and WLIB.

I was raised by my mother. I think the reason I was always so interested in voice-overs was that when she read to me, she changed her voice for every character.

I was on my college forensics team; Oprah was on hers, too. But Egypt is the person I most identify with. Ultimately, I’m going to be a media personality and inspirational speaker, and I will have my own talk show.

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