Mary Ellen McGillivray Walker started traveling young--and never stopped. The daughter of a South Dakota sheriff, she has had the good fortune to experience life in a range of settings, cultures, and professions. She holds undergraduate degrees from Dakota State and the University of Minnesota, a masters from the UofM, and certification from the Executive Coaching Institute of the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business. She lived and worked in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, for ten years and currently is working as a full-time writer at her home in France, where she shares space with an extraordinary cat.-Amazon