About Beth Pearce

When Beth Pearce was in elementary school, her teacher asked her what she wanted to be when she grew up.  She said with full conviction, “A mommy!” That’s what she became, devoting many wonderful years to raising three daughters.  And, it’s her “mommy’s” heart that led her to create the powerful documentary film, “Voice of the Victims:  True Stories of Ecstasy and Ketamine.”

One morning in December 2001, Pearce saw a newspaper article about a beautiful young girl, Erin Rose who took Ketamine, a popular designer drug, and was in a deep, life-threatening coma at a local hospital. (Erin survived with severe brain injury, and believes God spared her so she can tell her story – which she does in Voice of the Victims.)

Realizing that she didn’t know anything about these drugs and that many parents must be in the same situation, she knew there would be many, many more Erin Roses unless someone did something. 

“Why not me?” said Pearce out loud.  Pearce believes that with strong will, perseverance, a sense of purpose and the courage to teach oneself, anything can be accomplished.  She’s succeeded at many professions over the years, from running her own house cleaning service to becoming the Chief Financial Officer for her husband’s Laguna Hills, Calif.-based PR firm – all by picking up a book and teaching herself how to perform the task at hand.  Producing and editing a documentary would be no different.  As a self-starter, she believes in hard work, long hours and getting the job done.

So started a wonderful, painful and exhausting adventure – meeting many parents who shared deep personal tragedies, developing close friendships and spending hundreds of hours in the editing room – many of those hours in tears – to bring these stories to families across the nation.

“I would love for parents to watch my films with their children, opening an honest dialog about designer drugs,” said Pearce. “Watch the film, think about it, and use it to have a heartfelt and influential conversation with those you love.  Parents have to do everything they can to protect their children from the tragedies suffered by the families in my film.”