• Manny & Joy Medina are an extremely gifted brother & sister, (now 20 & 18 years old), Latino performance team. They sing, dance, compose, act, model, make graphics and they are even the stars of over 100 cartoons already as voice over actors who even sing the theme songs. They were involved with the famous "Fight for your rights: TAKE A STAND against violence" campaign that was created by the U.S. Departments of Education & Justice and the National Center for Conflict Resolution Education. The project was promoted by MTV and the campaign won an Emmy Award in 1999. Manny sang the theme song and both Manny & Joy were actors involved with the project. MJ have given a multitude of concerts for the "D.A.R.E." organization since 2001 performing the songs "Take A Stand: Stop The Violence", "We, Are, Drug, Free!" and "Skate Dance" for over 250,000 children already. MJ have been featured on a variety of TV and Radio shows as well as newspapers (see bio). The have been endorsed by MADD, the New York City Board of health "Reality Check' program and by the United Way. In the Sping of 2004, their song "We, Are, Drug, Free!" became #1 for "A Partnership for a Drug Free America"! In the Spring of 2006, some of their music videos were used in a presentation for the "RED RIBBON" office at the PENTAGON! Joy recently earned a FULL 100% scholarship to the prestigious "Steven Institute of Technology where she will major in Music & Business.

• MJ Medina give an educational concert to middle school students that receives incredible reviews by both faculty and students alike. The concert is anti-drug abuse and anti-violence oriented, arranged in a "sound of today", which inspires young people to use their free time to do productive things like they have in their young lives. The assembly is entertaining and very interactive. The concerts are designed by David Musial, their executive producer. Musial has an extensive award winning education background, which includes 10 years of college. All of his graduate studies at the Juilliard School of Music & New York University were under full scholarship. Musial also was a professor at NYU and currently is the Director of the Music & Technology Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. (Stevens.edu) David has applied his interest in contemporary music, along with his understanding of the psychology of music and education, to the development of a successful mix of entertainment and education. Musial has an extensive live performance history and has over 10 million albums in which he has contributed and distributed to date.
• The concert conveniently fits into a 30 to 45 minute class period, (based on the amount of questions the children have). The children and faculty absolutely love the "show" (see videos) and the children leave totally excited about the positive messages they experienced by these exciting young adult entertainers.