Description: Original, bright, hilarious. Fresh insights into different cultures. Mark Twain Humor Award Winner.
Bio: Hope, a Virginian of Greek descent, uses personal stories told with humor and a variety of true-to-life accents. In addition to speaking professionally, she is an announcer and program host on public radio and a former assistant to the late Sir Rudolf Bing, head of the Metropolitan Opera. Her message is that good communication requires listening and using empathy and that one's most upsetting experiences are often funny in retrospect.