dj inga ambrosia

I'm a 34 year old that looks like a 24 year old.  I owe my youthful appearance to my vegan diet and my mellow attitude.

My world is surrounded by music and art, which I cannot live without.

My upbringing began in Miami, Florida.  My mother and father raised me to always believe that I could do ANYTHING.  Not just anything ... everything.  Not because I was a superhero, but just because they understood/understand the power of thought.

As a child, all I wanted to do was read and draw.  My father wouldn't let me go to an arts school, so I rebelled by doing the least in high school.  I wasn't a great student, but I did manage to graduate with Honors at the age of 16.

In middle school, I'd follow my oldest sister to the library to read old plays and love poems.  It wasn't until I reached 9th grade, when I would be forced to write a poem of my own.  Here I would realize how lovely it could be - putting my young thoughts into a rhyme and sharing them. From there, I wrote short stories for my friends, greeting cards for my family and made up cartoons in my notebook. 

Real life was just so boring to me.  Classic movies were how I escaped usually and the older the better.  My favorite movie is, "This Property is Condemned," which stars Robert Redford and Natalie Wood.  "Alva" reminded me of myself, fantasizing all day about being anywhere but here.  I could relate to that.

When I got to college I plotted along.  The only classes I found interesting were Painting, Drawing, Women In Film, Philosophy, Psychology of Sexual Behavior, Anthropology and Film.  Intro to Psychology introduced me to Sigmund Freud, who made me realize that I wasn't the only one seeing things behind the curtain.  I changed my major from Political Science immediately.  I graduated from Florida International with a B.A. in Psychology. 

Before I graduated, I started taking art classes.  My love of art is taught to young kids of all ages in schools and private homes.  I also teach kids how to meditate and how to appreciate all forms of plant and wild life. Children gravitate towards me because I have a young spirit and I see them as little adults.  When I can show a child that says they can't draw how to make a masterpiece,  from then on they feel they can do anything.  

It wasn't until 2003 when I discovered I needed to be a vegan.  I'd always felt that eating animals wasn't the right thing to do.  I didn't have the additional information needed to make a permanent change.  That decision was made for me due to an incident with a chicken caesar salad I encountered, the day after I visited a Mayan Ruin in Mexico.  The visions and pictures that flashed through my mind, ensured that I would never touch a piece of chicken again.  And I didn't.  From there it took about a year for me to rid my diet of all animals products.  I became a full vegan on January 1, 2004.  

Because of my veganism, my level of spirituality has deepened.  I began to love animals, nature, flowers and all things from the Earth more.  I've been photographing and taking video of animals and nature since 2002. I use these images to make relaxation and healing videos for depressed, bipolar and manic sufferers.

My musical tastes have always been on the eclectic side, but aggressive music started to disrupt my equilibrium.  I decided to become a DJ in 2004, so I could bring my love of ambient, melodic music to the masses.  In my bedroom, I taught myself how to DJ and later went to school to learn music composition and mixing.

Since then, I've been regularly playing in Dade and Broward Counties and it's been a fun ride.  The best is yet to come ... xoxo

~inga~

CURRENT WRITING PROJECTS

An autobiography written about my life as a counselor and observer, in all the different areas of life I've been so lucky to make my way into.

A book about my own personal philosophy about life, and how I developed it.  It's been 20 years in the making and I can't wait to share it with the world.

Publication Date: 2010

 MUSICAL PROJECTS

An ambient, drone, trip hop album that can be used for insomnia, depression, mania or anything that ails you.  Composed by me with only the greatest of intentions.

Filled with positive energy and healing properties.  Made to clear one's self of negative behavior patterns and thoughts.