Zoe Breedlove

I am a communications professional with more than 20 years public relations, corporate communications and marketing experience.

Words have been my saving grace; and no matter what career path I've chosen, it's always been my ability to tell a compelling story that's been at the heart of what I do.

I've published a monthly magazine for a publicly traded company's sales force, produced employee communications for a firm that supplies Fortune 100 companies, served as a director of development for a historically black college and university (HBCU) and as an aide to a United States Senator.

The opportunity to pursue a lifelong dream of earning an advanced degree inspired me to leave one of Fortune Magazine's "Most Admired Companies" after being awarded a nationally competitive fellowship through a program called National Urban Fellows.

After doing so, I returned to Central Florida and became an urban warrior-- first purchasing a condo in a neighborhood on the mend, summarily renovating four others, then choosing my neighbors to help revitalize the complex. (It's looking real good around here these days.)

I wholeheartedly believe we are supposed to leave people and places better than we found them whether that means picking up a gum wrapper, pushing a chair back under the table, sharing a genuine, "good morning" as you hold the door or assuming public office to make a difference without expecting to make a dime.

I'm also an independent publisher and speechwriter. Big on my to do list this year is to complete a screenplay I started last year on the life of Harriet Tubman.

My penchant for public service has led me to serve as a founding board member of the Albany Civil Rights Museum in Albany, GA, as a member of a board of elections and an advocate for Head Start.

I have a strong bent toward social justice issues: the basics-- you know, access to food, healthcare, safe and affordable housing and living wages.

Freedom aint free and I'm doing my part to pay as I go.

Anything else?

P.S. "Zoe Breedlove" is not my government name but it's close enough to who I am and what I believe.