
WHO IS THE CARAMEL BELLA?
Brooke-Sidney Gavins is an USC-Annenberg Dean’s Scholar and an M.A. candidate in the broadcast journalism program. Currently, she is a staff writer for Pop + Politics, where she covered the 2008 Democratic National Convention. She is a contributing writer for The Huffington Post. And her work has also been featured on USC’s Election site for journalists and the USC Knight Chair in Media & Religion Site.
Most recently, she was interviewed by the New York Times for an article entitled “For Laid-Off Journalists, Free Blog Accounts.”
This past summer, Gavins worked as an apprentice for CNBC’s “Kudlow & Company“ show. Before entering graduate school, she was an Interactive Media Director for Mindshare Interactive Campaigns (now Virilion) and worked in the fields of marketing, media and public relations.
Gavins graduated with honors from Duke University with bachelor degrees in Political Science and Women’s Studies, and a certificate in Markets & Management. She was a Duke in Oxford Scholar and studied tort law at Oxford University’s New College in England. She is also the creator of the blog, CaramelBella.com.
In sum, the Caramel Bella is a multimedia journalist, writer, blogger, publicist, online strategist and creative marketer.
To reach the Caramel Bella: email thecaramelbella (at) gmail dot com.

CARAMEL BELLA: This is my place to write about my adventures and mis-adventures in this thing called life. I discuss my passions: the environment, politics, art & culture, writing as well as yoga, health and spirituality. The one thing you can expect from this blog is that it is not what you expected. Thanks for reading! To reach me email thecaramelbella at gmail.




