Born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, my life took a fascinating detour when I moved to Israel and started living like it was still the 1960s. After moving into one of the last fully socialistic kibbutzim left in the country, I began to chronicle the quirks of that collective experiment on my blog, "The Accidental Socialist." As a communications strategist and writer, those 13 years became a masterclass in community and culture; insights I'm now bringing back across the Atlantic as I relocate to the New York market.
