Andrea Barton is an electrical engineer, turned career consultant, turned writer. She's lived in the U.K. and spent 12 years with her husband and two sons living in Nigeria, the United States and Qatar before we repatriating to Melbourne Australia, where she's from.  As a result of her years and experiences abroad, Andrea has compiled and edited two anthologies on the expatriate  experience. She also wrote nine stage productions tackling social themes. In Nigeria by request, she wrote about child trafficking, malaria, gambling, safety, and heart disease. Eight of Andrea's stage productions were produced in Lagos, and two were performed at Woodlands Preparatory School in Houston, Texas.  Andrea is  also an accomplished dancer, and in this episode, she talks about how she combined her writing, dancing and stage production as she moved country-to-country. Her website is https://brightsidestorystudio.com/