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Currently a freelance writer, Christine Zibas worked for many more years in the publishing world. In her last position, she was Director of Publications and Marketing for a Chicago-based nonprofit organization in the field of real estate.

Prior to that, she was Director of Marketing for a multimedia company in San Francisco, Editor of a political journal in London (IISS), a Travel Writer for an educational travel company based in Chicago; and the Director of Publications for the Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute in Washington, DC.

With a degree in International Relations, she began her career in Washington, DC, where she worked as an editor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

She has a mid-management publications certificate from Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; did publishing coursework at George Washington University in Washington, DC; and did summer coursework at Oxford University (Worcester College) in the UK.

Briefly me

My passion is ...

words first, art second.

I know too much about ...

commas, I was an editor for many years.

My parents always told me ...

to treat other people the way you want to be treated.

My childhood ambition ...

was to be the first female Secretary of State but Madeleine Albright took that spot

My favorite memory ...

climbing hills in Scotland with my best friend and a lot of sheep.

Why I write ...

because words are the world's most powerful tools.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

always something related to news or politics.

My first job ...

was babysitting.

My best moment ...

was getting an award for redesigning a company magazine.

My inspiration ...

are people who are not afraid to stand up for what they believe in.

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Teaching English as a foreign language in Spain by Charles Domingue

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Arts & Humanities > Artists & Artwork Portrait painting: Stephane Mallarme the poet, by Edouard Manet: 1 of 1

Both the painter Edouard Manet and the poet Stephane Mallarme (in this case, the subject of the portrait painting) lived in Paris during the age known as Belle Epoch. This modern age was a very exciting time. Just a few of the events that signified the Belle Epoch include the invention of the light bulb, the scientific exploration and discoveries of Charles Darwin, and the creation of the Eiffel Tower. In Paris, those in the arts were intensely taken with exploring modern society and breaking tradition. Two of those controversial figures included Edouard Manet, who was affiliated with the ...
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