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writers CONTRIBUTING CASSIE LUCILLE GRAHAM MARY DITTMAN KATHY DAVENPORT A native of Olanta, SC is a graduate of Winthrop University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Dance Performance and English Writing. She is currently attending Queens University to obtain her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction Writing. When she isn’t dreaming about a plantation home in the Carolina countryside, she can be found writing Southern regionalist fiction. Recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award, is a business professor at Francis Marion University. She consults for businesses in the areas of marketing, sales and business strategy, and is active in the Florence community. She can be reached at www.MaryDittman.com. Her column is titled, “A One-derful Life.” grew up in New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire. ANNA PITTS FOX JUMANA SWINDLER DREA FRONDORF lives in Georgetown with her husband, Brandon. In her time away from work, she is “truly enjoying her on-thejob training as a house wife” and new mom. VP of Communication and Public Information and Public Information Officer for McLeod Health. She is active in the cultural and arts community in Florence, acting and directing at the Florence Little Theater and serving on the Florence County Museum Board and the Florence County Economic Progress Board, also serving as the President of the Florence Little Theatre Board of Directors. She considers every day a gift and is passionate about people, finding the humor in all situations, and is very serious about her personal relationship with the Lord. resides in Florence with her family, where she works at She Magazine as an Advertiser Relations Manager/Event Coordinator. She is the owner and life coach of Connections By Drea. Andrea is the recipient of the 2014 She Magazine’s Extraordinary Women Overcomer Award. 14 FEBRUARY 2016 Married at 19, she moved to Rhode Island where she and her husband raised their seven kids. Kathy and her husband now have 12 grandchildren. They moved to Florence when they retired and love living here. SHEMAGAZINE.COM