City Experts |
Eva Schmiedleitner
City Expert
Born and raised in Austria, Eva moved in 1990 to Vienna, where she lived for eight years. Her interest in local culture, history, and art enabled her to gain extensive knowledge about the city she loves dearly. Since 1998, she has worked for the Austrian Tourist Office in New York.
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Stephanie Schmiderer
City Expert
Stephanie was born and raised in Vienna, where she not only obtained a Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology, appeared as an actress in many plays and performances, but also trained to be a tour guide. Since 2000, she has lived in New York pursuing her acting career, and she travels to Vienna at least twice a year for extensive periods of time.
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Photographer |
Jerome Mayer-Cantu
Photographer
Jerome Mayer-Cantu is a photographer for Hawaii, San Francisco, Berlin, and Vienna. Born and raised in California, he graduated from UC Berkeley in 2005 and hopes to study international law in the near future. When Jerome isn't taking photos of pretty places, he can be found researching international law and/or working with various human rights organizations. Jerome has lived in Cairo, Honolulu, and San Francisco. He currently lives in Beirut, where he is a legal advisor for Palestinian and Iraqi refugees. He speaks six languages, likes surfing and playing guitar and is learning to play the ukulele.
Superhero - James Brown. While not a superhero in the traditional sense, one must admit he has powers that verge on the supernatural.
Favorite Food - Jerome refuses to prejudge a food on the basis of its ethnic origins. He embraces food of every background with a passionate love and eternal hunger - although he harbors a particular affinity for Mexican and Thai food. And Gyros.
Preferred Escape - Dhahab, a small bedoiun village/hippie enclave on the Red Sea coast of the Sinai in Egypt. Dhahab is so relaxed that cushions are laid out in beachside restaurants so that guests can fall asleep in the sun after a big meal.
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