BajaTRAVELER Staff Writer :: Michele McDermott

After graduating from the University of Portsmouth, England in 1991, with a BA Honors Degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies, Michelle went on to pursue her career with British Airways. The highlight of this job? Flying as a courier on board Concorde!
In 1997, she accompanied her husband to Orlando, Florida, where he was contracted to work for Walt Disney Feature Animation. After 5 years, they returned to their native Scotland with their two young sons but continued to make frequent visits to Mexico culminating with the baptism of their eldest son in Merida, Yucatan. After a few years of being back home, the couple were once again lured back to the USA, this time to Phoenix, Arizona and it was here, in the desert, that Michele finally picked up a pen and began to write!
Most recently, she has reviewed chic Mexican hotels for British websites i-escape.com and stylebible.com and is contributing Beauty Writer to Arizona Bride Magazine and shortandsweetnyc.com. Michele is very excited to have the opportunity to write about her beloved Mexico forMexicoTRAVELER and to once again strengthen the ties with her 'adopted' homeland.