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Marina von Anrep
Regional Director
Guanajuato
Canadian |
With English, German and commerce degrees from Guelph and Windsor Universities, Marina worked in Toronto setting up the first marketing department for Midland Doherty Securites. She later worked at McCann Erickson & Ogilvy and Mather Advertising during the 80's. Marina then founded her own design and manufacturing company in SMA with nationwide distribution of household items, giftware and furniture all made in Mexico. Marina now runs an advisory service for visitors to San Miguel, has managed the launch of Mexico's first Stress-Free School and is Regional Director for Point South in San Miguel de Allende. She can be reached at
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Judy King
Chapala Editor
Jalisco
American |
Judy King moved to Lake Chapala in 1990. For eleven years she was a real estate agent and broker and studied the area's customs, traditions and holidays. She co-founded the popular online magazine Living at Lake Chapala (www.mexico-insights.com) in 2001 and continues to edit that magazine as well as the monthly print magazine, the Lake Chapala Review. Over the years Judy has related tales of life in Mexico and unraveled Mexican holidays and culture in talks for hundreds of tourists groups. Judy continues to help newcomers and visitors avoid the pitfalls of establishing a new life in Mexico in her weekly Living at Lake Chapala Seminar. |
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Heather Wilson
Vallarta Editor
Jalisco
Canadian |
A Ryerson 1980 journalism grad, Heather has worked at The Canadian Press and The Toronto Star, where she was an editor on the foreign desk. After exploring 60 countries she decided Mexico was where she wanted to be. There she has been senior writer for Vallarta Lifestyles magazine for 12 years and is now managing editor of the Vallarta Tribune newspaper and Vallarta editor of Point South. She can be reached at
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Suzanne Ludekens
SMA Editor
Guanajuato
Australian |
Suzanne Ludekens arrived in Central America nearly 20 years ago. In her adventures she has picked coffee in Nicaragua, imported textiles from Guatemala, designed clothing and jewelry in Mexico, interspersed with a variety of interesting, though unglamorous, positions in markets, offices, restaurants and theaters. She is Editor-in-Chief for the weekly Atención San Miguel the perfect position for the incorrigibly curious. Although an Australian by birth, she is Mexican at heart and lives in San Miguel with her two teenage children. |
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Alberto Pacheco
Art Director
Guanajuato
Mexican |
Alberto Pacheco, a native of México City, México, emigrated to the United States in the late 1970s to pursue a career in graphic arts. Educated in the fine arts, Alberto parlayed his love of design into a successful 30-year career as an award-winning Art Director for several high-profile associations. In 2007, Alberto and his wife Wendy, a medical editor and freelance writer, relocated from the Washington, DC, area to San Miguel de Allende, México. Alberto is an avid racquetball player and Harley rider. He also enjoys playing guitar and keyboard. |
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Jay Koppelman
Photographer
Ajijic/Chapala
American |
Jay relocated to Chapala, Mexico four years ago from New York City. His photos are the inspiration of a continuing practice in awareness, using the camera as a constant reminder and tool to celebrate the world around us, finding beauty along his journey of awakening from darkness into life. His photography has appeared in numerous publications and won top awards. To see more of Jay’s work please visit: www.jaykoppelman.com |
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Josef Kandoll
Photographer
Vallarta
American |
Josef Kandoll was born into the lap of a Finnish immigrant community in Washington State and left the farm for bigger worlds when still a teenager. Since then his pen and camera are his calling card while living in Puerto Vallarta for the last 12 years. His roots are deep into the Mexican soil after recently purchasing his own home with his lifetime partner. www.josefkandollw.com and www.weddingsjosef.com |
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Mark Callanan
Photographer
Vallarta
Australian |
Mark sailed into Puerto Vallarta Mexico on his way home to Australia in 1996. It was in that coastal town where timely opportunities in the burgeoning tourism and real estate markets combined, and photography evolved from an indulgent pastime into a fulltime profession. Mark continues to service those industries, locally, nationally and globally through photography. He is still on his way home. http://www.callananphoto.com/ |
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D. G. Tenenbaum
Publisher
Central Mexico
Canadian |
Darryl "Diego" Glen Tenenbaum is a Canadian born publisher, who has been living in central Mexico for the last twelve years. He co-founded and still publishes the Lake Chapala Review and Point South Real Estate Guides in the Lake Chapala area as well as Banderas Bay.
Mr. Tenenbaum or "Diego Glen" as he is known by his Mexican clients, also created and ran the section, Buena Vida Chapala, which circulated 165,000 issues monthly in Guadalajara with El Tren and the leading newspaper, El Informador. He is the only foreigner to have both editorial and commercial discretion in the newspaper's nearly 90 year history.
Currently he is the Director of Smart MKTG S. de R.L. de C.V., which publishes Point South Canada and provides editorial support to its outreach component, the Point South Mexpo.
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