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DANA L. STAMOS
Dana Stamos was born
in Hollywood, California on February 6, 1955 and she grew up in
Tarzana, California. She was extremely blessed to be born into a
wonderful, always involved family with parents, Jim and Joyce
Van Schaack.
Jim & Joyce Van Schaack (Dana's
parents),
Assembly Woman Mimi Walters and Dana Stamos at Joyce Van
Schaack's
California Woman of the Year Induction, 2005
She attended the
University of Redlands graduating with a B.A. Degree in English,
and with minors in theater and religion. While attending
Redlands, Dana participated in a foreign studies program, living
in Salzburg, Austria. While there she studied European culture,
art history, and the governments of Europe. During her junior
year in college, she toured with an acting troop, traveling in
the United States and in Canada’s Newfoundland and the British
Maritimes.
After graduation, Dana became the Awards Coordinator for R.I.M,
a Hollywood company who produces millions of dollars in public
service television programming. As R.I.M. Awards Coordinator,
Dana coordinated and helped produce the first R.I.M. Awards
program shown on KABC Television. R.I.M. awards are similar to
the Emmy’s or the Oscar’s, awarding quality media in television,
motion pictures, art, music, and literature.
Dana has worked in public relations and as media coordinator for
numerous organizations. She has organized major press events for
key political figures, and has assisted in events coordinated by
the White House Staff Office.
Nancy Reagan, Dana Stamos and Ronald Reagan
Dana has three grown
children who were born in Santa Cruz, California. In Santa Cruz
Dana owned and operated the Santa Cruz Fitness Center. In 1986
she moved to Reno, Nevada. She now resides in the Capital of
Nevada, Carson City.
Dana has been the
Area Director for Washoe County Special Olympics. She
coordinated hundreds of athletes and coaches in 15 different
sports and organized numerous local and state games. She was the
Executive Director for the Reno Executive Club, planning events
for hundreds of Reno’s top executives. She has also been
President of the Sierra Nevada Chapter of the ASSOCIATION OF
COREL ARTIST & DESIGNERS and is a member of the local Craftman’s
Club.
Dana has worked with computers for many years and has taught
both MAC and PC based systems to people of all ages. She took a
year off from her business and set up a computer lab for the
teachers and students at a local elementary school as her way of
contributing to education.
Dana owns and
operates Visual Impressions, a graphic design, digital imaging
and web design company. She is a CORELDRAW! instructor and is
part of COREL Corporation’s beta team. Her clients include
national companies like RMX, a UPS Company, for whom she has
produced everything from business cards through full color
brochures, trade show booth graphics, building signs and web
sites. She has produced menu’s and table tents for numerous
restaurants and ads for companies like Enterprise Rent A Car,
Red Robin and Crystal Springs Water Company. Dana has enjoyed
designing and producing projects such as the Beat the Heat
Contest for McDonald’s and KREN Television and she has designed
everything from back stage passes for musicians like Dru Hill
and for Budweiser, Coors and Planet Hollywood. She has even
designed music CD’s. Visit Visual Impressions, Dana's business
web site for examples of her work.
Dana has designed and created web sites for many different types
of companies including churches, law firms, artisits,
restaurants, doctors, children's boutiques, dental companies,
and bird toy companies. She owns and operates Carson Valley
Online and Dayton Valley Online.
Dana is a Christian and she enjoys teaching Sunday School as
well as deep theological discussions. She has studied with the
likes of Francis Schaeffer, and other well known Christian
thinkers of this century and she likes reading scholars like C.S.
Lewis! She attends Calvary Chapel!
Dana is also a performance animation artist with CHOPS Live
Animation, and does real time 3D character and 2D animation
shows, that means its live. (Watch Videos)
Dana owns and
operates USADOJO.COM, the worlds largest martial arts web site
chalked full of information for anyone who wishes to learn more
about her passion, the martial arts. She also owns and operates
FightCon.com, a martial arts video web site like YouTube,
sharing thousands of martial arts videos and THE MARTIAL MALL,
an easy to use directory that links to martial arts supplies,
products and services. She designs sites for other martial
artists.
Dana Stamos and Jeff Jones Sky Diving Together
Perris Valley, California
Dana likes all kinds
of extra curricular activities, but she likes martial arts best.
Dana has studied Tang Soo Do Karate with Harold Gross and Danzan
Ryu JuJitsu with Professor Larry Cary. She studied Goju-Shorei
Karate and Goju-Shorei Weapons wirh Master Dave McNeill. She is
a Black Belt in Isshin-Ryu Karate and Kyusho-Jitsu with Master
Glenn Ristine and she is part of Kyusho-Jitsu Kenkyukai. She has
also studied the MULTI-MARTIAL ARTS SYSTEM (MMAS) with Sensei
Jesus Suarez and she is part of Doce Pares International.
On Saturday, July 12, 2003, Dana was inducted into the Hawaii
Martial Arts International Society Hall of Fame 2003 for her
"Outstanding Contributions to the Martial Arts". The HMAIS Hall
of Fame took place in Las Vegas, Nevada and was one incredible
gathering of martial artists from around the world. She was
appointed to the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Martial Arts
International Society as Director of Media and Public Relations.
She sits on the National Board of A.T.A.M.A. (American Teachers
Association of the Martial Arts) and on the Board of NNAMA
(Northern Nevada Alliance of Martial Artists).
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Dana
Stamos and TJ Storm, inductees into the HMAIS Hall
of Fame, July 2003. |
Grandmaster Eugene Fodor, Dana Stamos, Sensei Akbar
Fakourfar, inductees into the Masters Hall of Fame,
August 2008. |
On Saturday, August 16, 2008, Dana was very honored to be
inducted into
the Masters Hall of Fame for her Contributions to the Martial
Arts and into the Academy of Masters as a Founding Member. (Read
Article)
dstamos@atama.us
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