Ghada Vanderpool

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Ghada is a graduate of McGill University with a Bachelor's in Education (specialization Physical Education and English).

She traveled New Zealand for 1 year bungee jumping, bartending and teaching English as a second language. She even scored an extra role in Xena: Warrior Princess acting as a lady in waiting to Lucy Lawless' character.

She returned to Montreal with her then Kiwi boyfriend, now husband and since then has traveled to Spain, Germany, Paris, Cinque Terre, Japan, Korea, Australia, Fiji, The Cook Islands and all over New Zealand, having returned there to live again from 2003 til mid 2011.

While living in New Zealand she co-owned an Interactive Agency and acted as a Project Manager and Team Lead for various online projects - from the mPass iPhone application for Air New Zealand and community manager for their world's first Matchmaking Flight, to a PSP game application for MTV's Rob and Big show.

Now settled in Brooklyn, NY Ghada is enjoying being the mother to 2 under 5, wife to her Kiwi husband still in the interactive game and blogging about life in New York as a mama, wife, and runner.

In the second part of 2012, Ghada is looking forward to more writing, more half marathons and working on new online projects with clients looking to increase their following and communicate their brand message to their audience.