AWARD PRESENTERS MARK S. ALLEN

A seven time Emmy Award-winning movie & television producer, writer, director of multiple feature films, host at Comedy Central and ABC10 morning news.

He is executive producer/host of the Emmy Award-winning syndicated movie show Extra Butter TV and a cast member on Morning Blend on KXTV in Sacramento. He was previously the host of Comedy Central's award-winning series Short Attention Span Theater and the creator, producer and host of Mark at the Movies.

In 2018 he co-founded and continued to co-own THE SMART AXE CO, the largest California based chain of World Axe League certified Axe bars. TheSmartAxe.com

Yelena Polyashenko, best known as Layyzerr, was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. She came to America at a young age with a drive for ambition & growth. She attended Mira Loma High School, where she played on the Soccer & Volleyball Team. During that time she had also begun attending American River College at the age of 16.

After graduating High School in 2015, she moved down south to attend University of California, San Diego where she grew into the wonderful woman she is today. She graduated with a bachelor from UCSD in 2018. She then participated in the Miss Russia California pageant in 2019, where she won the title.

During COVID she continued her work in the finance industry while growing her own business. She is now the CEO of her own coaching business, named “Lift with Layyz” where she helps her clients change their lives by coaching them in nutrition & fitness.

She lives in Sunny San Diego working fulltime for Goldman Sachs, running her own coaching business, creating content on TikTok, all while sticking to her fitness journey.

Layyzerr has always believed in the hustle & going after what you want. Her restless ambition is a pure depiction of immigrants striving for the American Dream.”