Sonia Marsh, Neighbor

Sonia Marsh is a “Gutsy” woman who can pack her carry-on and move to another country in one day. She’s a motivational speaker who inspires her audiences to get out of their comfort zone and take a risk. She says everyone has a “My Gutsy Story®”; some just need a little help to uncover theirs. Her story, told in her travel memoir Freeways to Flip-Flops: A Family’s Year of Gutsy Living on a Tropical Island, is about chucking it all and uprooting her family—with teenagers— to reconnect on an island in Belize.

Her memoir has received 7Awards at the:

•	2013 London Book Festival,

•	2013 Los Angeles Book Festival,

•	2013 Great South West Book Festival,

•	1st Place, Gold Medal in “Autobiography/Memoir E-Lit Awards 2012/13

•	2nd Place, Silver Medal in “Travel Essay” category E-Lit Awards 2012/13

•	2013 Paris Book Festival

•	2013 Hollywood Book Festival

Sonia has lived in many countries – Denmark, Nigeria, France, England, the U.S. and Belize – and she considers herself a citizen of the world. She holds a degree in environmental science from the University of East Anglia, U.K., and now lives in Southern California with her husband, Duke, and their rat terrier Cookie.

Sonia welcomes new friends, bloggers, writers and readers at Soniamarsh.com (http://soniamarsh.com) Contact her at: sonia@soniamarsh.com www.facebook.com/GutsyLiving or Twitter.com@GutsyLiving