Stephen E. Murphy has lived and traveled “south of the border” for decades. He enjoys long lasting friendships in Cuba, Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Colombia and El Salvador. He has held executive positions in the BankBoston, Paramount Pictures, and the Inter-American Development Bank. For Bush I, he was appointed Worldnet TV’s director and for Bush II, Regional Director, Inter-Americas, the Peace Corps. Encouraged by UW alumni, he self-published a 2016 memoir, On the Edge: An Odyssey, about “the turning points in life.” The author has presented in three countries in 60 different venues, including Books & Books (Coral Gables, FL) and la Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba. The book has sold more than 1,000 copies and has 92 Amazon reviews. Havana Odyssey: Chasing Ochoa's Ghost will be published by IngramSpark before Labor Day 2020. The author is researching a new book, Brazilian Odyssey, and is fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and French.