Giovanni Goree

While a student at Schiff Elementary School (Missouri City, Texas) and as an aspiring actor, Giovanni played Eli Washington in the Lifetime movie Deliverance Creek (2014). Following in the footsteps of his actor brother, Jazz, he has also appeared in a national advertisement for Chuck E. Cheese's, as well as regional advertisements for NASA, Academy Sports + Outdoors and other local markets. In 2013, Giovanni teamed up with his mother, Lora, to complete an interactive, educational documentary for the publishing company Pearson that is used to teach Black History lessons in public schools throughout Texas.