Lindsay De Feliz

Lindsay de Feliz was born, raised and educated in the UK, gaining a degree in French and German at Wolverhampton University, and an MBA at Bradford University. She worked as a marketing lecturer and was Marketing Director for various financial service companies. She then decided to follow her dreams and travel the world as a scuba diving instructor, ending up in the Dominican Republic. Arriving in the Dominican Republic only for a six month contract, she ended up staying and married a Dominican, becoming a stepmother to three young boys. She was then shot in her own home during a burglary and following a long fight against corruption along with her husband, left the life of an expat in a tourist resort to live first in a Dominican town and then in the mountains Lindsay published the highly successful memoir, What About Your Saucepans? in 2013 about the first 10 years of her life in the Dominican Republic and now lives high up in the Dominican mountains, on a small farm, along with her husband Danilo, three dogs, two cats, one permanent and one temporary foster child and too many chickens to count. She works as a writer, translator and marketing consultant. Lindsay writes a blog about the Dominican Republic and daily life at www.yoursaucepans.blogspot.com