Mauri Moore Shuler is a freelance writer based in Seattle and Mexico with generations of history in the maritime industry. She worked in broadcast news, as a reporter, producer, editor, and manager. Her career spanned the globe, from California to China and the Philippines, from Israel to Argentina, and points in between. She was NBC Bureau Chief in Tel Aviv, Israel, during the first Intifada and arranged the first live broadcast from the Old City in Jerusalem. Mauri covered the wars of Central America during the ’80s, the revolution in the Philippines, dictatorships, and uprisings in South America, and, finally, the Persian Gulf War in 1991 and the Oklahoma City explosion. She was nominated for a national Emmy Award for her Middle East work and received two regional Emmys for television news production. She is currently semi-retired, writing articles centering around the maritime industry and life.