Sandra Serra Bradshaw
1360 S. Bay View Trail, Suttons Bay, Michigan 49682
231.271.6594
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Professional experience
Started own company – Northern Networks – in 1990.The company maintained sales and marketing for book publishers, gift and stationery lines to the retail and commercial market trade throughout the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan. Accounts included small independent gift shops  and chain stores including Spartan and Meijer. Northern Networks now is mainly focused on free-lance journalism and occasional publicity work.


Publications
Author of Seasons of the Leelanau (1994), co-Author of The Ride of Your Life (2001).  
Freelance Journalist. Sandra’s articles and photographic work have appeared in publications including The Detroit News, The Chicago Tribune, The Traverse City Record-Eagle, The Oconto Press, The Business News, The Bay Area Times, Families First, The Northern Express and The ScuttleButt (of the Maritime Heritage Alliance).
Poet.


Current projects
New, thoroughly revised version of Seasons of the Leelanau; a book on the maritime history of the Great Lakes; a book on wineries in Michigan.


Volunteer Background
Publicity Director – 1996 and 1997 for the Bay!Day! Festival held at the Northwestern Michigan College Maritime Academy in Traverse City. 1993 to Present - prior publicity for the Maritime Heritage Alliance. Volunteer for many MHA activities. Founder and vice-president of the Fox Island Lighthouse Association (FILA).  


Personal
Homemaker, mother of two sons; Forrest Anthony and Cameron William Bradshaw.