An avid consumer of the written word and epicurean to the core, my roots where established and cultivated on my maternal family’s 6th generation farm propriety; tucked away in the deep rural south of the United States. The sometimes stagnant cultural diversity lead me to pursue a life of continuous exploration of the differences and similarities that make us human. My international travels have been primarily altruist-drive and focused on cultural immersion (China, Japan, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Mexico..)