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name: Maria Olson Goins
about: Maria Olson Goins was born a quadrilingual bookworm in Tokyo. She is convinced, despite being a half Russian and half American love product of the Cold War, that she is really a descendent of a lost tribe of tropical beach dwelling avocado eaters. She grew up in Japan, Germany and New York, surviving German schools throughout, and graduated with a First Class Honours BA in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford with a focus on Russian and German literature, and an MSc in International Relations at the London School of Economics.Maria spent several years at a conflict resolution non-profit as a gender and security expert based in London, working with grassroots women’s groups in conflict zones around the world, and advocating to gove Maria Olson Goins was born a quadrilingual bookworm in Tokyo. She is convinced, despite being a half Russian and half American love product of the Cold War, that she is really a descendent of a lost tribe of tropical beach dwelling avocado eaters. She grew up in Japan, Germany and New York, surviving German schools throughout, and graduated with a First Class Honours BA in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford with a focus on Russian and German literature, and an MSc in International Relations at the London School of Economics.Maria spent several years at a conflict resolution non-profit as a gender and security expert based in London, working with grassroots women’s groups in conflict zones around the world, and advocating to governments and policymakers to take the brutal realities of sexual and gender based violence into account.Her love of books and digital media led her to a career change and relocation to NYC, to work for Audible in content acquisition and business development. She eventually left to manifest her dream of being a writer and social entrepreneur. Maria is now the CEO &amp; Founder of LivLuna, a sustainable social shopping and content community that empowers fun fearless females to kick a** and save the world in style. LivLunaShop.com is LivLuna's eco fashion and natural beauty boutique. ...more