My name is Sharlene Tan and I’m a freelance writer with a background in journalism and cultural geography. I worked for several years as a journalist and a sub-editor at some of Singapore’s main newspapers, then as a researcher for a cultural geography professor at the National University of Singapore. I recently returned to freelance writing after several years of full-time parenting, and have written for parenting magazines, food and lifestyle websites. I have a Bachelor of Communication Studies from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and a MA in Globalisation, Ethnicity, and Culture from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom.