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WORK EXPERIENCE

Write and edit articles, essays and columns for various publications, including Marie Claire, Modern Bride, Islands,FOXNews.com, USA TODAY, Billboard, and The Christian Science Monitor. Specialize in travel, business and lifestyle-oriented issues. Write weekly advice column on dating and relationships, "Ask a Bachelor," which appears in The Sunday Paper.

As a corporate copywriter, create and edit copy for brochures, newsletters, websites and other business communication materials (client list includes American Express, Turner, T2 Medical, Weber Associates, Family Mortgage of Georgia and Zenergy Interactive). Also has experience with ghostwriting books.

Taught English to Spanish students after receiving degree from International College of Applied Linguistics. Wrote and edited columns for various publications. Developed self-run business through comprehensive marketing, communication and organizational efforts.

Head soccer writer and general sports assignments reporter. Wrote more than 300 stories, including breaking news, investigative pieces and columns. Awarded the first-ever professional soccer column for the newspaper. Left to relocate to Barcelona.

Wrote and edited travel pieces, sports news and features, profiles and spot news for The Tampa Tribune, The Associated Press, The Houston Chronicle, The Gainesville Sun, The Northwest Florida Daily News and The Independent Florida Alligator. Also worked on the copy desk of The Houston Chronicle during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.

RELATED SKILLS

• Accomplished photographer (photography has appeared in The Tampa Tribune, The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, The Sunday Paper, IAHI Owner magazine)
• Excellent editing and proofreading skills
• Near fluent in Spanish
• Strong computer and Internet research skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND HONORS

• American Society of Journalists and Authors
• Three-year Atlanta host for MediaBistro.com
• Freelance Forum member
• 1996 Freedom Forum Sports Institute – One of 10 nationally chosen students
• Honors graduate of the University of Florida College of Journalism