 Hello! I was born into a family of abode readers. Perhaps that's why I developed a very strong affinity for languages, a deep curiosity about everything in the universe and a mind that appreciates conceptual thought. It's not surprising that my entire career has revolved around my attraction to the written world. I earned my PhD in comparative literature from the University of Georgia in 1992. I love teaching and learning but I've also been able to make a happy living out of my passion for reading and writing. I worked for some years as a copywriter at an iconic advertising agency and I specialized in corporate communication. I ended my career in advertising as copy chief to return to academia. I taught corporate communication in business ethics for a management school for about 12 years. As a writer, I have accumulated a substantial amount of published online and offline content. My body of published work includes newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, book reviews, academic papers and national publications, short plays, children's fiction as well as extensive web content for corporate clients around the world. As an editor, I have worked with academic texts, fiction, management books, children's stories, corporate documents and web content. I joined Iago in May 2017 as an editor for the humanities and social sciences disciplines. I find editing to be very rewarding in several ways. First, I get to learn about the latest developments in fields as varied as literature, psychology, sociology, linguistics, philosophy, history, politics, media studies and so on. Second, I can delve into the emergent ideas of discrete cultures as many of the people I edit emanate from different countries and regions of the world. Good. I can satisfy my natural urge to optimize the written expression of authors who have worked very hard on their research but who need my intervention to appropriately articulate their ideas in native English. I work long hours but I never really get tired because I feel as if I'm one of the lucky people who get paid to do things I love doing. Besides, working with Iago also gives me the flexibility I need to indulge another passion. Travel. I have traveled through more than 50 countries and now I carry countless cities in my heart. If I could, I would travel forever, learning new cultures and languages and reading and writing my way through worlds known and unknown. Thank you.