Meet Our Contributors
bUneke Magazine’s writers and editors bring the stories you love to read to life and they live all over the globe. Meet them all, past and present, and be sure to read bUneke Magazine for their full bios.
Editorial Team
Mary Brotherton is our Editor in Chief and Word Magician.
Lynn Carol is our Section Editor and Final Proofreader.
Meet Our bUneke Writers
Rina is a German-born environmental activist who moved to South Korea in 2012 to work in the ecology department of a Korean church.
Yvonne Mason Sewell s the author of seventeen books including three true crimes and the National Photographer for the US JCI Senate.
Timothy W. Carroll knows first-hand what it means to live the chaotic NOMAD life.
Michelle Schaefer, known as Veggie Chel, is bUneke Magazine’s premiere writer on the vegan lifestyle and travels worldwide from her home in the USA.
Sharon Black lives in Smith Center, Kansas, center of the USA.
Martin Strain, activist and former actor has a degree in creative writing.
Meredith Pagan is a devoted light for recovering addicts.
Elisa Kehler is a teacher, practitioner of the healing arts to self-love, and the alchemist of supernatural spirituality.
Michelle Hipps-Kalkan, founder of Soul-ga with Michelle, is a certified Life Coach and RYT-200 Yoga instructor.
Award-winning writer Tory McCagg lives with her trombonist husband, one cat and myriad chickens at Darwin’s View where they practice an experimental life off-grid and on the land.
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A native of Trinidad & Tobago, Trinity James-Mathison proclaimed naturalization in the United States in 2001.
Megan Prowse is a clinical psychologist, in training, and a fully accredited cognitive behavioural psychotherapist.
Anna East is a world-traveling, blog-writing, documentary-making conservationist.
Emily Murphy is a professional healer, life coach, artist, teacher and entertainer.
Amie Lara is a seasoned writer with a journalism degree from Middle Tennessee State University.
Mbizo Chirasha is an essayist, international poet and writer in residence.
Stephen Caleb Opuni is an Economist with 10+ years’ experience working within the development sector in Ghana.
Tyrel Ernest specializes in screenplay writing, comedian, actor, host of 'Coffee or Tea Show' and more.
Aaron Michael lives in Boulder, Colorado and loves to be outside in nature and connect authentically with people.
Leonor Trigo and Maria Joana Baceira are students from NOVA IMS in Portugal. They developed a sustainability website where they share tips to help accomplish the UN’s sustainable development goals. sustainabilityonthego.wordpress.com
Joana Sousa and Isabel Dias are students from NOVA IMS in Portugal. They developed a sustainability website where they share tips to help accomplish the UN’s sustainable development goals. sustainabilityonthego.wordpress.com
Jim Warner brings more than 20 years of experience to MoxieBox, to help shape young minds through visual art lessons for students with no access or opportunity in their schools. moxie box.com
Joanne Rahn is the PR dynamo at zanthii communications.
Manish Arora Kumar is an astrologer from India.
Manchit Sachdeva is a modern-old-soul feminist with the ability to be happy and sad at the same time as if that’s completely normal.
Marcetta Davis-Linton is a preschool teacher who published her first story in the fourth grade.
Robert Shaw founded TeamTerraOath, an environmental awareness initiative. CA
Timothy Allan Foxx moved to Central Florida after earning his sociology degree from Alabama State University in 2005.
Mary McCollum knows the value of a dollar, home-cooking, healthy relationships, a strong faith and out-of-the box brainstorming.
Aron Frakes lives and works in Florida. He meets his gaming friends who live in South Carolina online every week to role-play. He is working on his first novel.
Siloh Moses, the founder of iHeart ConCap, discovers solutions to the world's biggest problems through real estate.
Amel Okoye was born in San Diego, California and has considered herself a poet since she was 12, as a way to share her outlook of the world. @amelokoye IG
Marion Ambrose resides in Palm Bay, FL with her husband and has two grown children. With an MS in educational leadership, she’s served as a teacher, administrator, published author and president of a nonprofit corporation.
Christian Thein is a 6th grader who loves history, reading, writing and his family, including his dog, Tango. He is the youngest writer at bUneke Magazine.
Ariane Resnick is a special-diet chef and certified nutritionist for celebrities who has been featured in major media outlets.
Gary Roen, is the author of four books and bUneke’s Roen Reviews column.
Dan V. Schaub, born and raised in Orlando, Florida, has enjoyed literature, art and music since early childhood and has a passion for writing.
Dineo Sophy Mokhine is a first-year law student, as well as a writer, poet and a model.
Yasir “Yaz” Saeed is of East Indian heritage, raised in England and now resides in South Carolina where he continues his quest for truth.
Cami Miller, bUneke Magazine's theatre and arts liaison, is our Queen of Arts.
Gene Albertson left South Dakota to join the Navy, then moved to Florida. This historian, humanitarian and avid gardener co-hosts Take a Break with Gene&Mary on bUneke Radio.
Emerson Radisich is the Taby curator and writer from New Zealand, currently based in Australia with an MA in Art Curatorship from the University of Melbourne. He has published in academic and non-academic journals including UnProjects, lowercase magazine and SAUC.
Bodil Valero divides her time between Sweden and Catalonia, where she runs a hotel with her Catalonian husband. http://www.bodilvalero.eu /
Rita Milios, your spiritual sherpa and holistic wellness coach, recently retired from clinical psychotherapy practice and now focuses on her main passion: helping people navigate their spiritual path journeys. Email her at ritamilios@gmail.com.
Maiko Anzai is a high school student in Osaka Japan who is passionate about living a sustainable lifestyle.
Chris Reed, native Californian, father, husband, and multiple-award receiving member of the Recording Academy, is CEO and Director of Education and Programming for Modern Minded and Arts Initiative, two organizations touching thousands of lives. Chris has released many singles, Eps and albums. Instagram
Christina Prokos uses her natural gifts as an intuitive counselor to help others heal.
Becca Sara Coffey was born in and lives in Montreal, Canada and started writing for bUneke in 2019.
Linda S. Humphrey moved to Tennessee from Florida where she was a correspondent and columnist for several newspapers.
Imari Spigner co-founded the vegan entertainment network, Noor XVII and aims to inspire and motivate others to love themselves.
Charlotte Darrell is a content writer, blogger and passionate foodie living her best life in London, UK.
Mickey Lewis hailed from the rainy Midwest before settling in sunny Florida in 2003.
Hannah Jacobson writes for bUneke Magazine because she believes the organization sees the good in the world.
Kathleen Price created and owns The Little Green Oasis, a small aromatherapy company, built on years of research.
Pat Armitstead sees joy as a transformational agent.
Sonya Vajifdar’s fashion label is ethical!
Omayra is a Florida girl, mother of three, and visual artist sharing life’s beautiful things.
Jeane Cole is a holistic nurse practitioner with experience in many modalities.
Dakota Duchaine made her professional writing debut with bUneke Magazine, though she has always enjoyed writing.
Jessica Mittelman is an artist and international school teacher who teaches her way around the world.
Anna Chobor is a literacy and learning specialist with teaching experience in the U.S. and abroad.
Amy Conroy is passionate about a plastic-free lifestyle.
Award-winning children’s author, Wanda Luthman, from the USA has her M.A. in Mental Health and Guidance Counseling.
Dorothy L. Harris, a long-time newspaper columnist in central Florida, produces a peculiar lifestyles and humor column.
Allegra Murray is a Massachusetts artist who frequently volunteers in her community.
Maritza M. Mejia is an award winning, bilingual author.
Arnob Ghosh is a photo journalist who lives in India.
Graydon Lawson, from Canada, is passionate about helping others achieve zero-waste goals.
Sandra Ann Harris founded ECOlunchbox, a mission-based eco-friendly lunchware products company in the USA, and she shares her plastic-free philosophy with bUneke readers.
Shauna Kosoris is a writer who lives in Thunder Bay, the largest city in Northern Ontario, Canada and advocates for sustainability.
Victoria is the founder of Route to Healing, a Florida-based organization focused on mind-body-soul wellness.
Uras Gungor is a student of physics in Hacettepe University, in Turkey.
Ashley Paskill is a journalist from the USA, who loves Queen, Led Zeppelin, Celtic Thunder, and Lady Gaga.
Morgan Argabrite, in Arizona with her husband, a dog and two cats, is a photographer, hiker, painter, writer and knitter and avid reader.
Tony Taylor has been a member of the Florida film community since 1994.
Sheri Sather connects people across the world, from her home in the USA.
Kimberly K. Haynes is civically engaged in philanthropy in Atlanta and beyond.
Ekulle Sharon is a Cameroonian fluent in English with French her second language.
Shannon Rivera is a certified health coach and functional nutrition educator with a master’s degree. USA
Jeff Sarault is a native Washingtonian that grew up catching snakes and frogs and racing motocross.
Ran lives a zero-waste lifestyle in Japan and offers amazing swaps to help us all live better and one with our earth.
Lisa Figura is a dog groomer by day and a gym, art, music junky by night.
Cher Murphy, an expert in public relations, has worked with dozens of outlets, including USA Today, Fox News, Today Show, Forbes, L.A. Times, Consumer Reports, and Inside Edition.
Sandra A. Miller teaches writing at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.
Marion Verweij is an author, poet, certified copywriter, researcher, speaker and workshop facilitator on all things relating to positive world change and being unique.
Marine Biologist, YouTuber, and Photographer, Zack 'Attack is an ambitious Florida local who has somehow managed to convince companies to pay him to watch wild animals.
https://www.youtube.com/c/BarefootProductions IG @Barefoot_Zak
Rajat Panwar, Ph.D. is an associate professor of Sustainable Business Management at Appalachian State University. He holds a doctorate degree in Corporate Sustainability from Grenoble École de Management in France, and one in Forestry from Oregon State University. rajatpanwar.com
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