SUCCESS REFLECTIONS Celebrity Interview Series and Charity Book Project
PREPARE Phase
About SUCCESS REFLECTIONS - Video Interview and Book Series
Success Reflections is a labor of love for charity created by talk show producers Ray DuGray and Maria Ngo.
Ten years since conception, Success Reflections is a video and book interview series with celebrities and influential people sharing their success advice, life lessons, overcoming adversity, or how they achieved their dreams.
THE DREAM
Why Success Reflections?
Ray and Maria know what its like to have a dream. That dream was to have a positive talk show interviewing celebrities, entrepreneurs, and industry experts on their success messages. Little did they know, that the dream would come at a hefty price.
THE BACKSTORY
The journey began once the two newlyweds decided to make the leap of faith. They closed up their training company in Canada and Ray left his stable firefighter position with the City of Winnipeg . They took every penny from savings, retirement, investment funds and sold their home to move to Las Vegas in 2004.
Ray and Maria had no back-up plan, no media or broadcasting background, and no connections to make this dream a reality. Most of their family and friends thought they were insane to say the least!
Finally, in 2007 the dream seemed to be coming together. They officially had a talk show airing on Vegas TV broadcasting network and filmed at the V Theater at Planet Hollywood.
Bill Bartmann agreed to be their first show guest sharing his "Billionaire Success Secrets" to a couple of hundred "at-risk" kids in the live audience. Ray and Maria felt that their dream was taking flight even though there were many challenges with being so green and without any production experience.
Then... REALITY hit. After only six months of production Ray and Maria were on the path to losing everything. They tried to stay afloat for as long as they could, but in 2008, lost everything including their home.
Ray and Maria knew that they couldn't walk away from their dream. So with just the two of them, they took to the red carpets, back-stage, to live events and continued interviewing celebrities, entertainers, entrepreneurs, and industry experts even when they couldn't afford the gas to get them there.
Ray and Maria continued to live their dream with sheer determination and belief. It is astonishing to see that they have interviewed some of the biggest A-listers including Stevie Wonder, Donald Trump, Tony Bennett, Christina Aguilera, Dennis Hopper, Sir Richard Branson, Kevin Costner, Joe Jonas and even Nancy Cartwright aka Bart Simpson!
If you were to ask Ray and Maria if it was all worth it, they would say wholeheartedly "YES!" and that their purpose in life is to empower others to follow their own dreams despite of what others may say or think.
Success Reflections is a labor of love because of Ray and Maria's own journey of what it took to overcome adversity to achieve their dream. They want to help inspire and impact others to be or do whatever they feel is right for them.
The video interviews will be available to view online and also transcribed into a high gloss coffee table book and a digital download version where 100% net profits will be donated to a number of charities.
PRODUCE Phase
Maria Ngo and Ray DuGray are the happily married hosts and executive producers of a celebrity talk show based in Las Vegas called THE STRIP LIVE, founders of VegasNET Media LLC and creators of VegasNETmedia.com and VipNETmedia.com where they feature interviews with some of the world’s most successful and influential people.
They have personally interviewed and showcased hundreds of top celebrities, entrepreneurs, and industry experts — including Stevie Wonder, Donald Trump, Tony Bennett, Sir Richard Branson, Kevin Costner, The Kardashians, Joe Jonas and even Bart Simpson.
