When Andrea Malinsky Mason's poem, "Halcyon Days," caught the attention of world-renown Dr. Bernie Siegel, he featured it in his book Faith, Hope and Healing: Inspiring Lessons Learned from People Living with Cancer (Wiley, 2009). Since then, organizations in the US and internationally have used it as inspiration for their members.

For over 20 years Andrea has written everything from glossy Annual Reports and fact-packed speeches for Fortune 100 CEOs to eloquent notes to her daughter's teachers. A guest speaker on Integrated Marketing Communication Strategies at Emerson College in Boston as well as local elementary schools, she helps students hone their communication skills to achieve their goals, no matter how simple they may seem.

Andrea champions the positive aspects of the universe and believes they are created entirely by our thoughts, feelings, emotions and actions. And, regardless of circumstance, all human experiences at their most basic level are common and unify us as an entity.