ABOUT ERIN JONES-WESLEY

This is the medium-length version. The short version doesn’t do the journey justice.
The long version will probably be a book one day.

Erin Jones-Wesley has always been drawn to moments where pressure meets performance.

A Southern California native, for Erin, it all started on the mound. Competing as a Division I softball pitcher at California State University, Long Beach, where she earned a place in the university's Hall of Fame and still holds the program's career records for strikeouts (728), wins (85), and appearances (148), on teams frequently featured on ESPN. She went on to pitch professionally for the Hørsholm Barracudas outside Copenhagen, Denmark, winning bronze at the 2014 European Cup in Bulgaria. ESPN's Big West Conference productions took notice: from 2016 to 2019, Erin worked as an on-air color analyst, calling live games, producing story packages in real time, and learning to think out loud for an audience.

A communications major, Erin began with Major League Baseball at the MLB Youth Academy in Compton, producing events and supporting youth across Los Angeles. From there, she moved into public relations at Westbound Communications, working on ReadyOC, Orange County's emergency preparedness campaign, and helping earn a PRSA-OC Award for the work: an early masterclass in using storytelling to change real behavior at the grassroots level. That same drive led her to co-found the nonprofit Club 42, helping renovate the baseball field at Rogers Park in Inglewood and bring Little League Baseball back to the city. She led Club 42 for ten years, building partnerships with organizations including the Jackie Robinson Foundation, Twitch, and Michael Jackson ONE by Cirque du Soleil, and helping raise over one million dollars for youth programs in sports, music, dance, and education, before stepping down in 2025.

Producing events sparked a deeper interest in storytelling, which she pursued as a Producing Fellow in the Master of Fine Arts program at the American Film Institute Conservatory. While at AFI, she produced multiple short films, including her thesis film 'Til Life Do Us Part, which earned Best Producer at the Seoul International Film Festival and became a profitable project. During this time, she was also selected by the Miss Universe and Miss USA Organization to represent her city as Miss Santa Monica USA 2019, placing second runner-up at the Miss California USA pageant in 2020.

As her storytelling work expanded, Erin found herself drawn back in front of the camera. She emerged on TikTok, where she was recognized as one of MACRO's Top 100 Black Creatives on the platform in 2020. Soon after, she joined Lionsgate, rising from Hollywood assistant to creative executive on films including Another Simple Favor, The Housemaid, The Long Walk, Now You See Me: Now You Don't, and Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic. She also created the newsletter What's Going On On the Internet, where she broke down digital culture and forecasted emerging trends.

That work traveled. The White House invited Erin to collaborate on cultural and public engagement initiatives.

Alongside her on-camera and executive work, Erin has written personal essays exploring identity, culture, and modern life, with bylines in Refinery29 and Vocal.

Eventually, Erin returned to the camera with perspective. She expanded into hosting and cultural commentary, breaking down pop culture with clarity, humor, and context. She has collaborated with major brands like Meta, Hulu, Coca-Cola, and Frito-Lay. She also speaks and hosts on podcasts, at conferences, and brand events, bringing the same clarity and humor to live stages that she brings to the screen.

Today, Erin's shortform content has grown into a digital community, gathering around the latest in pop culture through original formats she creates herself. She co-hosts and produces Like Us Pod, an independent podcast with her sister, Danielle, where they talk pop culture, sports, and modern life with humor and wit.

To be continued.