Charnel Wright, Scared Safe NOW, Inc. CEO, Founder
charnel@scaredsafenow.com

"I never thought it would happen to me."  It is, perhaps, the most common phrase uttered by victims of violent crime.  During her eight year broadcast news career covering crime, Scared Safe NOW, Inc. founder and CEO, Charnel Wright, interviewed hundreds of victims who have said, they thought it would never happen to them. No woman wakes up in the morning thinking, "Gosh, I could get victimized today."  But, the truth is, 2.2 million women in America are victimized every year. That’s why Charnel has now made it her life’s work to educate women on personal safety and awareness by using her experience as a crime reporter to build a comprehensive safety education program. She holds Scared Safe NOW, Inc. seminars for any group looking to enhance their own personal safety.  

Charnel Wright has covered more than 1,800 crime stories throughout her broadcast journalism career. She most recently worked as a crime beat reporter at WKMG-TV in Orlando, FL where she had covered such high profile cases as the attempted-murder trial of fallen NASA astronaut, Lisa Nowak, the search for Jennifer Kesse, the Signature Pharmacy steroid scandal, the murder suicide case of WWE wrestler Chris Benoit, and the Wesley Snipes tax evasion trial.

Before going to WKMG, Charnel spent nearly three years covering crime in Birmingham, Alabama for WBRC-TV. There she reported on stories gaining worldwide coverage like the disappearance of Natalie Holloway, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit, and hurricanes Katrina and Charlie.

Prior to Birmingham, Charnel first caught the television news bug in 1998, while still attending college. There she worked as a news assistant at WRGB-TV in Schenectady, New York.

Taking a short break from the business, Charnel worked two years as a public relations account executive for the PR firm Sawchuk, Brown Associates in Albany. However, she couldn’t stay away from broadcast news for long.  In 2000 she became a reporter at Albany’s WXXA-TV. During her three years there, Charnel covered Hillary Clinton 's U.S. Senate Election and interviewed David Kaczynski - the brother of the "Unabomber."  Charnel also reported on the 9/11 tragedy, interviewing several World Trade Center survivors and victims' families. Being a New York City native, those stories were very close to Charnel’s heart.

It was also at WXXA where Charnel became a fixture on the crime beat. She pounded the pavement from one precinct to the next, digging through police reports for the big stories.  It landed her a weekly segment called, “Capital Region’s Most Wanted.”  The series profiled local fugitives, similar to the format of the national show, “America’s Most Wanted.”

Charnel has been involved with television since she was an infant. She comes from an entertainment family, appearing in commercials, television shows and movies throughout her childhood and teenage years. So, broadcast news was a natural transition for her.

Coming back to the present, Charnel’s background in crime reporting has paved the way for her latest natural transition into the safety awareness arena. Scared Safe NOW, Inc. seminars, “give the inside scoop on staying alive”™. The comprehensive programs serve as Charnel’s platform to spread the lessons that she has learned from the crime stories she covered.  In conducting the Scared Safe NOW, Inc. seminars Charnel is living her dream of using her experience as a way to help save lives.

Jessica Sanchez, Scared Safe NOW, Inc. Board Member
jessica@scaredsafenow.com

Jessica Sanchez serves on the Board of Directors for Scared Safe NOW, Inc.

As a board member Jessica adds to the Scared Safe NOW team a nine-year background in journalism and assists in facilitating safety and awareness seminars throughout Central Florida.

Jessica Sanchez has known she’s wanted to be a television journalist since she was 13 and co-hosting a Saturday morning kid show called “Brainwaves.” Upon graduating form the University of Utah with a BA in Mass Communications and a minor in psychology, Jessica landed her first job as a video editor for Fox 13 in Salt Lake City. She was 20 years old at the time. She began her career as an on-air reporter in 2002 for KPVI in Pocatello, Idaho. In 2004 Jessica came to Orlando, Florida where she currently works as a reporter for WKMG.

Her experience has included coverage such as that of hurricanes Charlie, Frances, and Jeanne, the Caylee and Casey Anthony case, the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections, the Lake County tornado in 2007, and the Wesley Snipes tax evasion trial.

The main focus of Jessica’s beat is crime. Week after week her job takes her into the streets of Central Florida where she has bared witness to the aftermath of hundreds of violent crimes. It has given her unique insight into actions and behaviors that often lead to victimization. It has also given Jessica a glimpse into the minds of criminals. As a result, there are things she simply has not and will not do as a young single woman. She has never lived in a first floor apartment, she will never park next to a van in a parking lot, she has never let a man pick her up at home for a first date, and she’s never turned her back on her drink at the bar. The rules Jessica lives by were never taught to her; they have slowly worked their way into the recesses of her subconscious mind, because as a crime beat journalist, she’s seen how those situations have led to painful consequences for the victims, and knowing it has happened before let’s her know it can happen again.

So, yes, Jessica has been scared safe. But being scared doesn't mean living in fear, it means living safely. It doesn't mean being paranoid, it means being aware and that is what she teaches through the Scared Safe NOW safety programs.

Jeff Moldovan, Fighting Chance Combat Systems, Self Defense Expert and Scared Safe NOW, Inc. Partner

Chief Instructor Jeffery Moldovan adds a 15-minute self defense presentation to every Scared Safe NOW program.

He is a life-long martial artist, having begun his career at the age of 14 in Poekoelan Tjimande Chuan Fa, at that time, a little known branch of Silat Kung Fu. In his early years as a Sifu, a young woman Jeff grew up with was murdered by a serial killer. This horrific event caused Jeff to re-tool his training and skills to create a self-defense system that anyone could use effectively to protect themselves... without years of training or enhanced physical skills.

Fighting Chance Combat Systems is the result of years of effort, research and hands-on training. FCCS is a hybrid blend of Silat, Ninjitsu and Jeet Kune Do theory. His work as a celebrity bodyguard, bouncer and security specialist gave Chief Instructor Moldovan many opportunities to refine his already considerable disarming skills. Jeff spent years developing the system's techniques and is quick to point out that it is still constantly evolving and adapting to the methods being used by today's cold-blooded, and well-armed, predators.

A FEW SCARED SAFE NOW INC. CORPORATE CLIENTS and Board Memberships

• Guardian Ad Litem
• WOAMTEC,(Women On A Mission To Earn Commission)
• Victim Service Centers of Orange County
• Central Florida Preventive Medicine
• Inner Beauty Skincare
• Absolute Health