Meet Our Team
Board
Kathi Silva: Co-Managing Director
Kathi Silva joined the Talesmag board in 2013 after being a huge fan of the site for years. She's been internationally mobile for longer than she can remember, changing careers to adapt to her circumstances. In addition to being a freelance author/editor and embassy contractor, she has a Masters' degree in international education and enjoys teaching English as a Foreign Language to all ages. Kathi and her husband have three kids who fear the question 'where are you from?' but appreciate the adventurous life they're living.
Manon Fuller: Co-managing Director
Manon Fuller has been regularly packing moving boxes ever since her graduation from high school in Germany. She has since lived in the UK, Egypt, Yemen, France, Norway, Austria and, most recently, China. A journalist by trade, she switched to academia about 15 years ago and currently freelances in research and doctoral student support. That is, of course, unless she is busy taking her family on a new adventure abroad.
Marcia Anglarill: Managing Finance Director
Talesmag fan Marcia joined the Board in 2025 as Treasurer after more than two decades of living overseas. Her government service career, primarily in public diplomacy, has taken her to Vietnam, Colombia, Pakistan, Mexico, and Turkiye. She also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica. Along the way, she picked up an adventurous husband and adopted a couple of dogs, all of whom share a love for travel and the expat life.
Dina Bernardin: Social Media Director
Dina Bernardin joined the Talesmag board after two decades of living and working overseas across Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. A former museum professional turned artist and writer, she now curates Talesmag’s social media—bringing global stories to life through visual storytelling. Dina holds an MFA in contemporary painting and has worked at seven different U.S. Embassies. She and her husband currently live in Morocco, where she continues to rearrange furniture and draw birds on paper bags.
Other Volunteers
Leah Evans: Book Editor
Leah Evans is a mother, history teacher, yoga instructor, and perpetual language student. She has worked as a Tales editor for the "A Cup of Culture and a Pinch of Crisis" book and has written a number of other publications for the international community. In 2011 she started a business providing education and relocation resources (including the "American-History-in-a-Box") to expats at www.afterschool.plans.com. Her family began living abroad in 2005 and so far, they have called Tbilisi, Quito, Kyiv, Asuncion, Mexico City, and Guatemala City their home.
Mike Schwefler: Webmaster
Mike is a freelance internet developer. Currently living on Cape Cod, Mike has also called Warsaw, Banjul, Halifax, D.C., New Delhi and Paris home.