Aniqa Feerasta’s day job is as a diversified digital marketing and e-commerce specialist based in Smyrna. She has worked for Amazon.com, and also launched a social media program for a telecommunications company in Afghanistan. In her free time, Aniqa enjoys writing, meeting new people, and planning her next travel adventure. So far, she has traveled to 15 countries across 5 continents, and still counting!
Dennis Malcolm Byron is originally from New York and a Cornell University alumnus. He is an award-winning journalist and photographer who has worked with various publications and websites for the past 20 years. He is also a world-renowned beer writer, blogger and event planner under the alias Ale Sharpton. Atlanta, GA is his home. AleSharpton.com
Lia Picard has lived in Atlanta with her husband for nearly three years, hailing from the Sunshine State. She loves to cook and explore the local dining scene, highlighting both on her blog and other publications around town. Lia loves the Atlanta community and shows support by volunteering with different local organizations including the Junior League of Atlanta. .
Tiffany Powell is an Atlanta based lifestyle and portrait photographer specializing in High School Senior Family and Child photography. Tiffany strives to capture both creative and unscripted beautiful moments through her lens. She is a nationally published photographer and is an active member of Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) and Professional Photographers of America (PPA). An avid traveler Tiffany currently resides in Atlanta with her husband Jamal and 6-year old son Jackson.
Preston Smith lives in historic Vinings with his wife and children (both human and canine). He traces his lineage back to seventeenth-century Englishmen who drank beer for medicinal purposes to survive their trans-Atlantic voyage, which explains his irritable bowel, crooked teeth, snarky attitude and aversion to anything oceanic. After attending Baylor University and the University of Georgia law school. Preston worked in healthcare and served four terms as a Georgia State Senator. He squanders his spare time trying to persuade his three hunting dogs to act less like house cats and more like, well – hunting dogs. SouthernReflections.com
Mary Welch is a business and lifestyle editor who writes on a broad range of topics ranging from the legal world to automobiles to travel for a variety of local and national publications. She is the former editor of Atlanta Woman and business to business magazines. MaryWelchWriter.com
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