ABOUT THE AUTHOR
About the author and the creative inspiration behind Canvas and Clay
After being adopted from an orphanage in Pretoria in South Africa, Cindy van Wyk grew up with two brothers in the gold mining town of Evander in the province of Mpumulanga. In her early childhood years, the family moved around a lot but always returned to the rolling foothills of her beloved Highveld. After completing high school, she studied law at the University of Pretoria and qualified as an attorney.
After a few years in private practice, an acrimonious divorce, the bright lights of the city of gold – Johannesburg was calling. She changed careers from law to Information Technology. After seventeen years in IT, she dusted the gold dust from her feet and reinvented herself. This time the wanderlust took her to California in the USA.
After living and studying in Santa Monica, she returned to African soil to embark on a new path in the creative arts. But, unfortunately, the journey was short-lived when a stage two breast cancer diagnosis shattered her dream.
After beating cancer but close to financial ruin, she returned to Corporate. However, despite being back in Corporate IT, she never gave up on her creative dreams and is quite the unconventional artist and business executive. She holds a master’s degree in law and numerous other qualifications across a wide variety of disciplines. In addition, Cindy is an award-winning photographer, a published writer, and a produced screenplay writer.
She is an athlete for cause, Guinness Book of World Records holder, a pastoral counselor, an environmentalist, a motivational speaker, a PinkDrive ambassador, a SanParks honorary ranger, and a breast and skin cancer survivor. Cindy has a passion for all things environmental, adventurous, and humanitarian. But, ultimately, she is powered by a passion for making a difference, inspiring, and empowering people. The word impossible doesn’t exist in her vocabulary. Read the word differently; it means I’m possible.
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CINDY VAN WYK
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