Vyne Contributor Spotlight: Bethany (Pinnick) Gardner

Name: Bethany (Pinnick) Gardner

Hometown: Phoenix, Arizona

Current City (if different): Fairfax, Virginia

Roles you play in life: Wife, Daughter, Grand-daughter, Sister, Auntie, Writer, Soon-to-be entrepreneur

Education: BA, Yale University; MBA Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Occupation: Consultant

3 words that describe you: passionate, compassionate, sensitive

What topic(s) do you write about?: Life issues, opinion pieces

(Check out Bethany’s articles, “What Susan Boyle Can Teach Us About Beauty” and “What’s In a Name: Reflections from a Newlywed“)

What is your favorite TV show?: The Office, Modern Family

Shuffle your iPod – what’s the first song that comes up?: “Guess Who Loves You More”- Raheem DeVaughn

What is your favorite travel destination?: Paris, France or Cape Town, South Africa- but I’m itching to see Istanbul…

What beauty product can’t you live without?: MAC concealer- even if I only get a few hours of sleep, it makes me look awake.

Finish this sentence, “To feel more centered I…”: Volunteer. It helps me keep everything in perspective.

Who is your celebrity fashion inspiration?: Kerry Washington. I don’t know who her stylist is, but if I ever make it big, I want him or her on speed-dial.

What is your favorite restaurant?: Eatonville, in Washington, DC

What words do you live by?: Hebrews 10:23,24- “Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds.”