I am unique in many ways. I  have been and still am the only Professional Licensed Guided in the province of Quebec who is a multicultural, multi lingual  visual minority. Including the only accomplished woman of colour to be president of the WFTGA and my own association in Montreal as well as the positions below. 

I am an avid traveller since childhood. I have travelled, lived and worked in more then 155 countries for periods between 3 to 6 months at a time. Countries include India, Egypt, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain,  Cuba, many of the Arabic speaking countries. The work was travel directing for corporate clients or my own private culinary, cultural and dance trips, Others places including research for my cultural awareness course, photography, filming, culinary discovery , learning dance , researching language and hunting for old tribal jewellery or researching Art Deco.

Due to my back ground, language skills I have been privileged to be including in local cultures, ceremonies, family life that most would never get a chance to experience. It is this unique, local experience I strive to bring to my guests to make their travels memorable by touching their emotions, regardless of the length of the tour or experience.

My background in the tour and travel industry include : Media Relation Manger at Tourism Montreal. Working in Media Relations with various CVBs in Canada an abroad. I have been concierge at a hotel, worked for airport, motor coach companies, operations manager for DMCS, travel director  for corporate travel, tour manager for companies that include Globus, Cosmos, Gastaldi, TPT, Travelsphere.  The convention centres.  I recruit qualified staff and train them for my luxury and corporate  clients.  I train a small group of elite guides to take care of challenging high end clients for several clients.  I have worked in every part of the travel, tourism and evening planning industry except in restaurants.  

I have been involved in the guiding world, all of my career. Including organising international conventions, media relations, international relations executive board member and president of the World Federation of Tourist Guide Association from 1993 to 2019. This includes being involved with my own local association in Montreal. With conference planning, training, evaluator, media relations, international relations,  marketing, promotion, research executive board and president twice from 1992-2015.

I continue to this day to offer training in media relation, content creation , speaking on camera, cultural awareness, budgeting to the Federation of European Guides , associations in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world.