Born and raised on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the art inspired sea village of Bay St. Louis it must have started early, but I know for sure that by the time I was twelve I was helping my family preparing and cooking meals. With or without recipes, basic ingredients turned into delicious appetizers and dinners. It made me want to sample and experience as much of food and life as I could and soon I found myself touring Europe. Not just to learn about new ingredients and tricks from France and Italy or even a few in The Netherlands, but also to share stories and inspire others to join in my passion.Not much later food and wine turned from hobby into work. Having studied International Communications my career immediately started in public relations and communications for Newell Rubbermaid’s global technology business unit DYMO and a few years later destiny intervened and I was able to take charge of a lot of PR and event management activities at wine import conglomerate W.J. Deutsch & Sons who achieved fame for introducing Yellow Tail to the USA.Now based in Dallas, I’ve continued to help several food & wine brands with their public relations on a contract and remote basis, but have branched out and expanded my services to focus primarily on SEO optimized content development. Initially on my own, but now with the help of a team of other writers I provide daily articles, blogs, ebooks, whitepapers and website copy to large and small companies and currently rank in the worldwide top 20 of Elance’s writing category.Specialties: Clear and effective written and verbal presentation skills for SEO, blogging, PR and internal communications purposes.Practical experience working with culturally diverse groups, remote and onsite for domestic and international companiesExperience with data collection, survey implementation, data analysis and synthesis.