"ARTIST BIOGRAPHY"

  
Name: Curtis W. Carter
Nick Name: "Crossover"
Place of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio
Raised: Rome, New York & S. Philadelphia, PA

                                                                                                                       Education

The Cleveland School of the Arts / Recognized in U.S. News & World Report for being one of America's Best High Schools.
Woodridge High School / Recognized in U.S. News & World Report for being one of America's Best High Schools.

Myers University / Bachelor of Science Degree / Business Management
Chancellor University (formerly Myers University) / (MBA) Masters of Business Administration / Jack Welch Management Institute
COMING SOON! 2011
Cleveland State University / 1-year completed towards a Master's Degree / Psychology Diversity Management Program
Real Life University / Doctor of Philosophy, Ph. D / Life Experiences

                                                               Featured in the Prestigious Marquis Who's Who Publications (since 1899)

                                    

59th Edition 2005 & 60th Diamond Edition Who's Who in America
23rd Edition 2006 Who's Who in the World
1st Edition 2006 Who's Who of Emerging Leaders
2006-2007 (35th) Edition Who's Who in Finance and Business
61st Edition 2007 & 62nd Edition 2008 Who's Who in America
http://marquiswhoswho.com/

                                                                                                       Author / Published Books

The Road To The NBA, "The Other Side" Vol. 1, 2005
The Road To The NBA, Vol. 2, 2005
Poems have been featured in many Anthologies.
"The Poetry Of A Man," 2007
The Road To The NBA, Vol. 3, Fall 2010

                                                                                   Contributing Writer / Published Internet Articles



"Pro Hoops Politics" / http://probasketballnews.com/ 2006
"Learning To Be An NBA Point Guard" / http://probasketballnews.com/ 2006
Sports & Fitness Editor / http://eHow.com / 2008, 2009

                                                                                                   Poetry / Literary Memberships

Ohioana Library Association, since 2005 / http://ohioana.org/
Prestigious Marquis Whos Who, since 2005 / http://marquiswhoswho.com
Academy of American Poets, 2006, 2007 / http://poets.org/
Ten Million Clicks For Peace, since 2008 / http://tenmillionclicksforpeace.org?sid=64441c412YFe5659eW408542
Orange County CASA, 2004-Present / http://casaoc.org/
National CASA Association, 2006, 2007 (A Powerful Voice In A Child's Life)
(To Represent the best interest of abused, abandoned, and neglected children in the juvenile court system)
Seattle, WA http://nationalcasa.org


                                                                                                             Church Membership

The Potters House of Dallas, since 2007 / http://thepottershouse.org  

                                                                                                                        Movies

                                                                                                        

Peace Documentary (Lead, Myself), Dr. Susan Jewell, M.D. 2008
A Glimpse of God's Hand at Work (Lead, Myself), Kacee De Masi, 2008
Ball Don't Lie (Hawk-Basketball Player), Brin Hill, 2007
"I Am Legend" (Will Smith Double & Army Soldier), Francis Lawrence, 2007
"Double Tap" (Victor's Table Guest), Leon Rodriguez / Da Bronx Productions, 2006 / http://imdb.com/

"Beautiful Loser" (Background Actor), John Nolte, 2006
                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                        Videos

Kaci Brown "Instigator" (Dancer), VEM, 2006 / http://kacibrown.com
YOUTUBE VIDEOS, go to http://youtube.com/ and put [Curtis "Crossover" Carter] in the search bar. 
EXPERT VILLAGE, go to http://expertvillage.com / and go to "OUR EXPERTS" click the letter "C" and
scroll down to my name [Curtis Carter] then click on the link. (Host/Basketball Expert), Nili Nathan, 2008
eHOW, go to http://eHow.com

                                                                                                                      Television
 
"Youth & Health" with Dr. Susan Jewell, M.D. (Special Guest, 2008) Time Warner Cable TV
E! Style Network (Co-Host, Hot Guy's Who Can Cook, 2007) E! Entertainmnet Network TV
"The 4400" (Police Officer) (Season Four. 2007) USA Network TV
Volkswagen AG-Audi Car Show Commercial (Basketball Player, 2007)
Mazda Car Commercial (Buddy #1, 2007)
Toshiba Commercial (Account Executive, 2007)   
"Milo" Chocolate Commercial (Basketball Player, 1995) Johannesburg, South Africa
Coaches Corner (Special Guest, 2005) AIM Sports TV 
"Just Chillin" (Special Guest, 1997) Cleveland Cable TV Channel 35 
The Breakfast Television Show (Basketball Player, 1997) CityTV / Toronto, Canada
(Note: ESPN for an NFL football Promo as a Celebrity type and got called back twice
beating out about 300-people recieving the Principal role, but the producers cancelled the part at the last
minute a day before the shoot!), 2006


                                                                                                               TV News Interviews

News Channel 19 & 43 in Cleveland, Ohio / Jack Marshall
Military TV Network "Stars and Stripes" in Aviano, Italy
News Channel 13 in Houston, Texas / Bob Slovak
News Channel 7 in Waterloo, Iowa / Rick Coleman

                                                                                                                             Radio

15-sec. Christmas Commercial for the (IBL) Cedar Valley Jaguars Pro Basketball Team on 1650 KCNZ AM, 2006
45-sec. PSA/Commercial for "KidsDream" Foundation on 1380 AM ESPN RADIO, 2007
LISTEN TO THE "PSA" RIGHT HERE................................

                                                                                                                       Print Modeling

Big-5 Sporting Goods ( Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter Model, 2007, 2008, 2009)  Los Angeles Times / Orange County Register
"Crossover" has modeled all of the MAJOR athletic brands such as (NBA), NIKE, ADIDAS, REEBOK, FILA, RUSSELL, RAWLINGS, NEW BALANCE, SPALDING, EVERLAST, SPEEDO, TYR, and other brands such as Columbia, Moose Creek, Premo, Apex, Burnside, Marino Bay, gotcha, Hot Chillys, and Tripple Nickel.
Toshiba (Account Executive, 2007)

                                                                                                               Countries Traveled To

Canada, Mexico, England, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, Greece, Turkey, Macedonia,
Kosovo, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Island of Bahrain, + 43-states in the U.S.A. including Catalina Island, CA.
-Traveled To [18]-Different Countries-