Meet January T.G.I.M. celebrity judge Joseph Pearson
Only two more T.G.I.M.s remain before the Eighth Annual Fort Myers Film Festival opens on March 23, 2018. The next one takes place on January 1, and there’s no better way to ring in 2018 than with indie movies and live music inside the most beautiful building in downtown Fort Myers! January’s T.G.I.M. celebrity judges are Kinfay Moroti, Darrell Nutt and Joseph Pearson.
Joseph Pearson is a personal trainer as well as a specialist in Sports Nutrition. Over the course of his 10-year career, he has conducted thousands of personal training sessions and holds prestigious ISSA certifications as a Certified Personal Trainer. Pearson practices what he preaches, and has competed in Men’s Physique competitions. In fact, he placed 8th 
in the World WBFF Pro Muscle Model Championships in 2013. Some of his clients have also exceeded their original goals and participated in competitions themselves – and won!
In 2014, Pearson founded Healthy Harvest Community Farms , a nonprofit community garden that combines sponsorship and rental opportunities to benefit the less fortunate with healthy alternatives. Healthy Harvest donates the harvest from its sponsored boxes throughout the year to local community organizations such as Lehigh Community Services, the Lehigh Senior Center as well as other food banks. 
In addition it offer a rental program that can be harvested by individuals for their own use.
Person currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Heritage Institute’s Personal Trainer Program, and was elected as Chairman for the Board of Directors for the Lehigh Acres Chamber of Commerce in 2012 and re-elected for 2013.
Meet Joe and all the other judges at T.G.I.M. on January 1. Doors open at 6:30, with screenings 
beginning smartly at 7:00 p.m.
December 30, 2017.
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About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.