I was in my 20s when I was promoted to Showtime Arts & Entertainment Editor at the Call & Post Newspaper. I had previously covered local news and politics; I never wrote another hard news story again! After launching my creative agency, Conscience Media, I founded the first multicultural art & culture magazine and podcast in the Midwest. Now, based at home on the East Coast, I'm still curating art & culture stories and creating guides for people like me, who enjoy cultural travel. I'm an Art & Culture Journalist, Founder & Publisher of TrendandTexture.com and CEO of Conscience Media Productions, LLC. Over the course of my career, I've been blessed with awards in business for marketing innovation and journalism for editorial excellence.