I spent the first three years of my life traveling throughout Europe atop my father’s shoulders, and I have kept my passport at the ready ever since.  

I have since returned to Europe several times (from a lower vantage point). I’ve conversed with monks in Asia, rappelled waterfalls in South America, swum with wild seals in Mexico, trekked Alaska’s glaciers, cat-skied the Rockies, and enjoyed the salsa (both the dancing and the red kind) in Central America. My travels and adventures have given me an appreciation of foreign cultures and an awareness of environmental and humanitarian stewardship that remains a large part of who I am today.

Please check out the Writing section of this website for travel stories and photos.

In addition to travel writing and freelance marketing communications, I am the founder and executive director of the Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss.  We are partnering with the Thuan An Center in Vietnam on a multi-year deaf education program involving 35 schools for the deaf and over 900 children.  Our program helps address the significant need in Vietnam for access to hearing aids, audiology training, and early intervention / auditory verbal education support. Our goal is to help children with hearing loss acquire the language skills and education they need for life success.  Please click here for more information about the Global Foundation For Children With Hearing Loss and our efforts. 

A compass is a tool that directs you to a destination.  It can also be an analogy for your conscious - the gauge that influences the decisions you make about the life you lead, the work you do, and how you spend your time.

My travel writing is intended to guide the curious to unexplored places, and I help companies achieve their marketing goals with creative and communications services.

Now Compass is ready to help YOU get to where you want to go from here.

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