Colleen Bagdon has been Redmond, Washington-based freelance writer for the past 16 years, specializing in travel, health-wellness, parenting, real estate and pop culture topics. Her pieces have been featured on Medium.com, Wehavekids.com and other online sites. In addition, Colleen has many years experience in crafting press releases, ads and other marketing materials for both for-profit and non-profit business and organizations. When she isn't writing, she enjoys hiking, cooking, swing dancing and spending time with her family and granddaughter.