It is an amazing feeling to get up and enjoy working. I feel very blessed to love what I do. I used to do a lot of volunteer work. When my acting and modeling career took off, I had no free time to do things like volunteer to help charities. I did a lot of movies, tv shows, fashion shows, hair shows, MTV Videos, voice–overs, print ads and taught acting and modeling for years. I also wrote two books for modeling schools for thier workbooks. I then went on to be Modeling Director for a local magazine, where I put on fashion shows to benefit charities. That is when Sweatte Productions was born. Now I get to continue working in the fashion industry, while helping worthy charities make the world a better place. I am trying to help make giving to charities the fashionable thing to do.

Fashion Week San Diego is the world's only bi–national fashion week. Slated for fall 2008, the event will highlight the fashion industry that thrives in Southern California, presenting designers from both the United States and Mexico.

"This in–depth look at Southern California's fashion culture is absolutely unprecedented," explains Allison Andrews, president of Fashion Week San Diego. "A seamless display of a fashion culture that knows no borders will mesmerize San Diego this fall."

Fashion Week San Diego 2008 is a first annual fashion week occurring September 28 – October 5, 2008. The event will be held at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina in a permanent tent that holds more than 3,000 people. The week–long event will consist of daily fashion shows, forums, lectures, shopping events and official after parties. Tickets will go on sale in late June and can be purchased from the Fashion Week San Diego website at www.fashionweeksd.com.

In addition to highlighting San Diego's bi–national fashion arena, Fashion Week San Diego will also incorporate socially conscious elements. The designer lineup includes sustainable, recycled, philanthropic and plus–sized lines. The week–long event will also benefit the Child Abuse Prevention Foundation.