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Maureen is a new author and speaker who has visited over twenty countries and has lived and worked in four countries on three different continents. Her former career as a diplomat presented her unique experiences such as meeting two former presidents and first ladies at events surrounding Nelson Mandela\u2019s memorial service. Maureen\u2019s nearly ten years of federal service fulfilled her, and she credits her time overseas for illuminating her purpose and helping uncover her talents, creative writing, and public speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n Maureen’s creative and speaking work draws on her dual-cultured upbringing and international background to discuss universal themes of transformation, connection, and inner-change while bringing to light global issues dear to her heart. She now adventures into the world of creative service by writing entertaining and engaging stories with impact. Her love of creativity shines through as she brings her spirit of freedom, discovery, and transformation to her debut novel, Tenth Year in the Sun.<\/p>\n Maureen’s creative and speaking work draws on her dual-cultured upbringing and international background to discuss universal tales of transformation, connection, and inner-change while bringing to light global issues dear to her heart.<\/p>\n Maureen was born in Ghana and grew up in Louisiana, Georgia, and Texas. She currently lives in Austin, Texas where she enjoys the great outdoors, a great cup of joe, and spending time with family and friends.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_social_media_follow _builder_version=”3.17.6″][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”facebook” url=”https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TenthYearintheSun\/” _builder_version=”3.17.6″ background_color=”#3b5998″ follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”]facebook[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”twitter” url=”https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaureenATX” _builder_version=”3.17.6″ background_color=”#00aced” follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”]twitter[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][et_pb_social_media_follow_network social_network=”linkedin” url=”https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maureenlomo\/” _builder_version=”3.17.6″ background_color=”#007bb6″ follow_button=”off” url_new_window=”on”]linkedin[\/et_pb_social_media_follow_network][\/et_pb_social_media_follow][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How Nature Holds Keys to Transcending the Anxiety of Change<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,25],"tags":[37,29,28],"class_list":["post-307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2018-tedxbsw-speaker","category-women-wellness","tag-maureen-a-lomo","tag-speaker","tag-tedxbsw-2018"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n