Dear 'GMA' Advice Guru Top 20 Finalists: JC Ellis

Nov. 26, 2010 — -- JC Ellis from Germantown, Tenn., is a finalist in the Dear GMA Advice Guru Contest. Read her application below!

Essay

If I could figure out how to stay slim while eating crunchy Cheetos every day, my fingers would always be stained orange. But I haven't met a zero calorie crunchy Cheeto that doesn't land right on my rear end and settle there like a bear hibernating in winter. So in my desire to keep my derriere from reaching my calves, I practice yoga three times per week, run like the wind and I recently started rock climbing even though I'm afraid of heights. I'm a mother of three, including a teenage girl, a pre-teen girl and a seven year old son, so I'm fearless. I've also been married to the same man for nineteen years, and he'll tell you that the amount of time I spend on the phone giving advice to my friends should qualify me as an advice guru. I'm JC Ellis, and I should be GMA's advice guru. ... Also, before I jumped off the corporate ladder to publish my teen fiction novels and raise my children, I was an HR Vice President, so I am well versed in corporate jargon. I can give advice on any and everything! A native Chicagoan, I moved to Memphis this summer, but I don't have a southern drawl, yet. I'm working on it! Pick me, pick me, pick me! The title of my segments could be "Hey JC!"