CONTRIBUTORS
Lora LaPratt is the CEO and head stylist of Shopping Girl XOXO, a personal styling brand for clients nation-wide. She prides her business on helping clients to not only look but most importantly FEEL amazing in their own unique style. Lora specializes in working with local Chicago designers and boutiques across the city. She has been featured as a style expert on multiple TV segments and publications and was chosen as one of the Top Woman Owned Businesses in 2016.
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Sruthi Swaminathan is a Chicago-based neuroscience Ph.D and home chef who currently works as a freelance marketing consultant and food writer. She creates original content for her food blog, Kitchening Around, where she specializes in cooking healthy recipes with unexpected flavor combinations. In her spare time, she enjoys playing with her boys Mowgli and Zain, huffing and puffing her way through pilates at the gym, and solo trips with just a carry-on. She has lived in 9 cities across 5 countries and traveled to 6 continents. Her food and travel writing has appeared in Vamonde, Talking Cranes, and Udantya magazine.
Sally Pederson is a travel writer and international house sitter. Having traveled to over twenty countries, she loves to share her experiences about various destinations, cultures, traditions, and history around the world. Born and raised in Canada, she was hit with the travel bug as a young adult. She lived in beautiful Costa Rica for four years and now calls Barcelona, Spain home. When she is not writing about a destination or photographing it, she is most likely making travel plans to her next destination. To find out more about Sally, visit her website at www.luxuriouslifestyles.co.