Jo Urbanovitch has more than fourteen years of professional experience with the written word. She began her career as a private tutor in Vancouver, assisting ESL (English as a Second Language) students on the difficult path to adapting their academic studies to a second language. She then spent two years as the copyeditor and arts, culture, and health reporter for CanWest Global’s Brabant Newspaper chain in southern Ontario, where she wrote over 700 articles for their five newspapers and special edition millennium magazines.

In recent years, Jo has been copyediting freelance for a myriad of eMagazines and worldwide publishers/publications, including McGraw-Hill Publishing in California, and has worked with many private industry clients to produce educational manuals and training materials for students and business executives. She has written numerous magazine articles, and produced a variety of brochures, web site content, and media packages for an incredibly diverse range of clientele worldwide.

Jo received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.