Today we’d like to introduce you to Morgynn Mckenzie.
Hi Morgynn, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
My story has really been about learning to trust myself enough to start over.
I’m a veteran, actress, model, content creator, entrepreneur, and storyteller, but I didn’t start out with a perfectly mapped-out path. I spent eight years serving in the Pennsylvania National Guard and built a career in logistics and government contracting, while also pursuing my education in cybersecurity. For a long time, I followed the traditional definition of success: work hard, build a career, be responsible, and keep moving forward.
But eventually, I realized I was building a life that looked good on paper without necessarily feeling like the life I wanted.
After experiencing major transitions personally and professionally, including leaving a stable career and going through a period where I had to completely rebuild, I decided to stop waiting for the “right time” to pursue the creative life I had always imagined for myself. That decision eventually led me to acting, modeling, content creation, travel, and entrepreneurship.
Today, I’m building Amoré Media, a creative brand that brings together my work in entertainment, storytelling, travel, media, and digital content. I’m also embracing van life and documenting what it looks like to build a career and a business while creating a life on my own terms.
What makes my journey meaningful to me is that I’m not trying to fit into one box anymore. I’ve learned that you can be multifaceted. You can change careers, start over, reinvent yourself, and pursue something completely different without erasing everything you accomplished before.
I’m still building, and I don’t have every chapter figured out yet. But that’s actually what I love about this season of my life. I’m creating the story as I go—and hopefully showing other people that it’s never too late to leave the script and write your own.
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
No, it definitely hasn’t been a smooth road. Some of the hardest parts of my journey have actually been the seasons that forced me to completely rebuild.
I’ve experienced career changes, financial uncertainty, major transitions, and moments where I had to figure things out without having a clear roadmap. There was even a period when I found myself living out of my car while trying to get back on my feet. That experience was humbling, but it also taught me how resilient I really was.
One of my biggest struggles has been learning not to measure my success by how quickly I think I should be progressing. I’ve had moments where I questioned whether I was making the right decisions, especially when I walked away from stability to pursue a more creative and entrepreneurial path.
Starting over can be lonely. Reinventing yourself means sometimes leaving behind environments, people, and versions of yourself that you once thought you would keep forever.
But those struggles ultimately changed the way I see myself. I stopped viewing setbacks as proof that I had failed and started seeing them as evidence that I was capable of adapting.
I’m still navigating the uncertainty of building something of my own, but now I understand that the messy parts are part of the story too. The life I’m creating today wouldn’t mean nearly as much to me if I hadn’t experienced the seasons when I had to fight to create it.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
My work sits at the intersection of entertainment, media, storytelling, and entrepreneurship. I’m an actress, model, content creator, and entrepreneur, and I’m building Amoré Media as a platform that allows me to bring all of those worlds together.
As an actress, I’ve worked across film, micro-drama series, commercials, and other entertainment projects. I’m passionate about portraying characters with depth and making people feel something through the stories I tell. Outside of acting, I create content around personal growth, relationships, travel, lifestyle, and the realities of reinventing yourself. I’m also developing my voice through long-form video, podcasting, and media.
What I think I’m becoming known for is being unapologetically multifaceted. I don’t believe I have to choose between being an actress, entrepreneur, veteran, traveler, creator, or businesswoman. All of those experiences are part of who I am, and I use them to tell a more authentic story.
I’m especially proud of building a life that looks completely different from where I started. I’ve gone from serving in the military and working in logistics and government contracting to pursuing entertainment and building my own creative business. I’m also proud that I’ve continued investing in myself through education and cybersecurity while simultaneously pursuing my creative ambitions.
What sets me apart is that I’m not afraid to start over. I’ve experienced enough different chapters of life to understand that reinvention isn’t failure—it’s growth. I bring that perspective into my work. Whether I’m acting, creating content, traveling, or building a business, I want people to see themselves in the story and feel inspired to create a life that actually belongs to them.
Ultimately, I’m not just building a career. I’m building a body of work and a brand around the idea that you don’t have to live according to the script you were handed. You can rewrite it.
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
Growing up I was very creative and had a large imagination as my mother would say. I grew up with an older brother and a younger sister. I was the middle child through and through. I was the centerpiece of the family when I was younger.
My hobbies growing up was playing with my baby dolls, Barbies, bratz dolls, American girl dolls, watched movies over and over again. I engaged in sims, video games, and I played outdoors with our neighbors quite often. Additionally , I was one of those kids that loved to paint with my grandmother, do puzzles, get dirty and eat snacks all day!
Once I was of age in school, I played many different sports alongside my academics.
Contact Info:
- Instagram: Morgynnkendall_
