• Completed a 338 page manuscript for Paraguay travel guide book.• Worked with publisher & editor to edit manuscript & created country-wide Google Earth maps. • Developed & executed a multi-platform (print, radio, online media & social media) grassroots marketing campaign to promote Paraguay (Other Places Travel Guide) to local and international markets. • Branding and marketing consulting for Other Places Publishing.

• Conceived idea of comprehensive travel guide book to Paraguay. • Created bilingual website www.guidetoparaguay.com (now www.discoveringparaguay.com) to serve as a testing ground for content and market research. • Learned Guaraní and cultivated an extensive network of local contacts. • Developed manuscript based on extensive travel throughout Paraguay, research, and interviews in Guaraní and Spanish. • Manuscript was picked up by Other Places Publishing in June, 2010 based on strength of existing manuscript and material on www.discoveringparaguay.com.

• Create and deliver cultural training sessions for individuals and organizations on working, volunteering and relocating to Paraguay. • Clients have included Cartus, Berlitz, Amigos de las Américas among others.

Acted as a consultant for the Paraguay focused episode of the award winning travel series "Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown" which originally aired in October of 2014 and is currently available to stream on Netflix (Season 4, Episode 3). • Pre-production work included advising on travel itineraries, potential interview subjects and general Paraguayan culture and cuisine as well as archival research into Mr. Bourdain's ancestors in Paraguay.• Pre-production in Paraguay included organizing and assisting in meetings between crew and interview subjects as well as doing more archival research and interviews with local historians. • Once filming began accompanied interview subjects on set, and was generally on hand during the week-long shoot• Post-production included additional consulting, organizing historical archives, and helping to research and acquire additional visual elements

• Work with clients to create and deploy e-newsletters and follow-up with mailing reports and recommendations. Clients include Safety 1st, Fidelity Investments, and Duffy & Shanley, Inc.

• Assisted in developing advertising strategy and oversaw implementation of multi-platform campaigns for various local and national brands including Rhode Island Tourism, Salem Five Bank, Beverly Hospital, Dorel Juvenile Group (Safety 1st) and Service Credit Union.• Created and lead weekly inter-departmental creativity workshops.