Charlotte Hudson CarterCharlotte Hudson Carter is a Dallas native and lifelong Texan. She attended The Hockaday School for girls, graduating cum laude in 1999. Among other pursuits and academics, she was an AP physics student, a varsity cheerleader, and she painted and dre. She attended The University of Texas at Austin, studying architecture and then advertising, pledged Chi Omega, served in the student government, and graduated with honors. She holds a bachelor of science in advertising, with minors in architecture, French, and business. Writing was never Charlotte's pursuit until the age of forty, when she embarked on this book in 2020. As a self-described visual learner, verbal processor, and spatial thinker, she envisioned how this book project would come to life and has found tremendous comfort in the ability of words to convey emotions and help bring the personal picture in her mind's eye -- her dream experience -- to life for the reader. Charlotte worked in ad agencies for twenty years, specifically in the field of quantitative media strategy, planning, and buying for such firms as The Davis Group in Austin, The Richards Group in Dallas, and Slingshot in Dallas. She made the leap to client-side advertising and marketing in 2022, joining Dallas retail icon Neiman Marcus to lead brand media and then joining Galderma in 2024 as their US head of media, leading creative media activation for skincare brands. It was Charlotte's ad industry colleagues that connected her to the editor and illustrator for this book! Read More Read Less