Marianne Evensen:  

I spent the summer in Scandinavia and then went to BYU directly after high school. My junior year of college, I took some time off to back-pack through Europe with a friend for six months. Upon graduating, I went to work for American Express' Credit Card division in Phoenix. After too many years there, I received an offer to work for a Norwegian magazine as an editor. I spent the next year on a little island in the North Sea. Following that adventure I returned to the US and settled in the Los Angeles area. After spending a long time in the oil business, first working for a refinery, and then an independent oil marketer, I have ended up at an engineering firm as a Marketing Coordinator. Strange segue, but a great opportunity to use m...Expand for more