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Erik Sandoval joined NorthWest Cable News as a news anchor in October 2005. Erik moved to the Northwest from the desert of Southern California, where he was part of the on-air team and host of "Eye on the Desert," an art and entertainment show for CBS 2 in Palm Springs.

Erik also anchored news for WICD-TV in Champaign, Illinois, and KWTX-TV in Waco, Texas. While living in Illinois, Erik and his partner adopted twin sons.

Before his career in television, Erik anchored and reported news for the USA Radio Network, based in Dallas. It was there that he learned the ropes of covering breaking news, anchoring "play by play" coverage of OJ Simpson's low-speed chase through Los Angeles. During his years at USA, he also reported from the White House, covering the death of Richard Nixon as well as several East Room press conferences held by President Clinton.

Erik is a graduate of the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Despite so much experience in the Lone Star State, he is actually a native of San Francisco. He acted professionally for years, minored in vocal performance in college, and was first exposed to a television newsroom during an internship in high school.

Mother Theresa Nervina - also known as Dee Ireland Lewis, is the founder of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Seattle and the Mother House for Washington state. Dee founded the Sisters on August 1st 1987 and has been an icon on Capital hill since 1985. Mother Theresa Nervina has guided a warm and healing spirit as well as direct a lot of fun in Seattle. The original order of Sisters are known for their sharp uniform appearance, starched coronets, and flying nun image that would become a standard for the world. The order was the second order in the United States and third order in the world.

Mother Theresa Nervina inspired orders to start worldwide, was one of the first to raise money for Hands Off Washington, donated time and money to Children's Hospital, the Chicken Soup Brigade, Donated to Bailey Boushay and other hospices. She has also confronted the Boy Scouts of America, Bank of America, the Catholic Church and the Archdiocese for their disregard of our human rights. As the head nun, she has been invited to just about everything from weddings to funerals.

Dee Ireland Lewis can be found on Facebook with a seperate fan page for Mother Theresa Nervina. Mother Theresa Nervina also has her own YouTube channel; Androgynae. In her 'off' time Dee can be found as Server Extraordinaire at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in downtown Seattle at 8th and Pine.

Sylvia O‘Stayformore has been the consummate hostess in Seattle since 1997. Sylvia is a local celebrity in over 1000 hundred drag shows, brunches, fundraisers, benefits, cabarets, radio shows, movies, weddings, premiers, openings and plays. Currently the producer of two of Seattle’s most successful nights out; Bacon Strip The Party and Magnum The Night. She is also the regular hostess of Vamps and Vixens a brand new burlesque show every Thursday at Julia’s on Broadway. She can also be seen at Columbia City Cabaret, West Seattle Senior Center, Life Long AIDS foundation bingo and more. Out magazine voted Sylvia as the hottest drag queen in America of the moment 2003. Sylvia loves Dionne Warwick, bad boys with big hair, long rides on her Vespa, Thrift store road trips to the coast, late night poetry shows, Facebook, MySpace & Tab and Seven.

For more information, check her out her website. Or contact her directly at sylviaostay@hotmail.com

My name is Pakio and I'm one of 4 co-hosts on the award winning, Seattle based internet show, Galore Podcast (http://www.galorepodcast.com). For nearly 3 years we have provided an entertaining look at LGBT and LGBT friendly life in Seattle and around the world through interviews and discussions.

Our goal for the show this is to be very community based. We look at Galore as an excellent way to connect people all over our community and provide a voice in the often technologically dominated realm of internet entertainment.