Biography
Ina Buckner-Barnette, The Sunshine Storyteller fills each
show with an exciting and often humorous mix of
participatory international folktales, movement
activities,
music and personal stories.  Positive stories with an
interactive twist are her trademark. And most folks go
home still waving their arms or humming a tune after her
“Sunshine" shows.

Committed to empowering through her art, her
past
venues include Wise Senior Services Adult Day Center
and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.  Other venues include
libraries, museums, schools and festivals throughout
California.  Ina is also an award-winning actress/
hostess/producer with over 17 years of major market
production credits as a TV producer/writer.  She co-
hosted the Emmy-nominated "City Works" show on LA
City Channel 35 for 2 years and appeared in KOCE's
"Dollars & $ense: Personal Finance", a PBS series for
which she received her first Emmy.  Moreover, her video
producing and writing talents have earner her several
awards for excellence through the years.  

Today, Ina works as a storyteller, teaching artist and
actress and teaches adults part-time for L.A.U.S.D.  S
he
served as a commissioned artist
with The J. Paul Getty
Family Storytelling Program f
rom June 2006 - January
2007.  She completed the LA Arts Commission Teaching
Artist Training Program in June 2006. She has
also been
a LA Dreamshapers
Quality Performing Artist for over
two years, as well as, a active member of the National
Storytelling Network
. This Midwest native graduated with
honors from Emerson College where she studied acting,
speech and TV production. Her interactive stories will
ignite your imagination, tickle your funny bone and make
you shine like the sun!
The Sunshine
Storyteller

Ina Buckner-Barnette