Dr. Suzanna Halsey was born and educated in Czechoslovakia, and has lived and worked in New York for more than 30 years. Since her arrival in New York, she has worked as a Czech language specialist and teacher, studied filmmaking and for more than 6 years worked in the film/video industry as an editor. She became active in non-profit organizations, such as the Czechoslovak Society of Arts and Sciences (SVU-NY) and Friends of Czech Greenways, produced several multimedia shows, founded Ex Libris Czechoslovakia to promote Czech literature in English translation and coordinated the promotion of cultural and environmental preservation and sustainable tourism along the Czech Greenways.
Suzanna enjoys the cross-cultural matchmaking of ideas and people, and is always open to new challenges and experiences.