Welcome!
I’m Kevin, a writer based in the beautiful Upper Perkiomen Valley in SE Pennsylvania. The Valley is about 40 miles NW of Philadelphia and about 17 miles SE of Allentown.
I grew up in the Valley, but left when I was 17, and have subsequently lived in Pittsburgh, New York City, Washington, DC and Los Angeles. I returned about 10 years ago to be closer to my siblings and my aging parents.
In addition to having lived in four major metro areas, I have visited 15 states and five countries (Great Britain, Switzerland, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Costa Rica). I will be doing a bit more traveling in the future.
My college mentor and former Econ professor described my career as “eclectic”. A quick look at my LinkedIn profile clearly shows this. Of all my professional experiences, temping in New York City taught me a lot about marketing myself, hustle for work (if none of my agencies had work for me, I would visit two or three agencies in a day and apply to each), follow up with agencies to update my availability, etc. Once on the job, I had to learn new people’s names and their expectations of me in the role I was fulfilling quickly. I use these lessons in running my own business.
Outside of writing, I enjoy reading (Bios, Sci-Fi, and history are my favs), learning languages (So far, French, German and Spanish), hiking, health biohacking and great conversation.