Wanda Steward:  

Life On the road consistently since 1998. I left a 12 year aviation career to chase Games as a Certified Event Junkie. After discovering the lure of the Olympics, while providing emergency management expertise to the Atlanta airport, I relocated to London and then Paris for a short term walk-about prior to returning to the States to import art from South America and Southeast Asia. Had a wonderful time discovering artists in the bush and developing my Spanish language skills. After the twin towers came tumbling down, I made a run for it and started teaching business communications in south China. Escaped provincial China after one year and landed in Shanghai where I freelanced as a trainer and an editor until joining the Doha Asian Games Organising Committee in Qatar as a Contingency Planner. No, I wasn't required to wear an abaya....but I had to cover my evil shoulders. Weekend escapes to Dubai and Manama (Bahrain)were common. An outstanding Middle East experience for sure. In 2007, I returned to the Middle Kingdom and rented a spacious flat just steps away from the Olympic Park in Beijing. Returned briefly to Shanghai and was very fortunate to meet some extraordinary people there as head of VIP Hospitality for the 2007 Summer Special Olympics. After Special Olympics, I returned to Beijing to train young Chinese professionals, then accepted a crazy gig managing the Olympic Program of a European financial institution where they kept me "imprisoned" at the Ritz Carlton for several days. Reached a brand new HIGH during Beijing's Olympic Games when I became an honorary Jamaican and befriended members of the Jamaican Olympic track team, reggae ...Expand for more