Karissa Nevada

is a writer based in France.She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from the University of South Florida and a Level One Sommelier Certification from the Court of Master of Sommeliers Americas. She is currently pursuing the Champagne Masters certificate through the Wine Scholar Guild.She has spent the last decade as a professional writer and strategist for nonprofit organizations. Her boutique writing business, launched two years ago, has secured over $20M for systems-change nonprofits.Karissa brings the same narrative discipline, research rigor, and sense of cultural urgency that defined her nonprofit work to storytelling that opens up the worlds of travel and wine to passionate travelers and curious readers.