After graduating QUEEN'S University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1986 with a B.A. (Hon) in Spanish and Italian Language and Literature, I worked as a translator, translating seventeen Robert Munsch children's books into Spanish. During the late '80s and '90s, I became an environmental activist, and wrote environmental columns. From 1992-1995, I served as Mayor of Belleville, Ontario, Canada and as such, wrote and delivered many public addresses. In 1995, I moved to Tofino, British Columbia, and there began writing continually, publishing articles, film reviews, poetry and prose for local an...