Kendra Y. Mims is a full-time writer in the Chicagoland area. When she is not writing articles on health, home, living, travel and fitness for online and print publications, she can be found writing fiction or with her head in a good book. In her downtime she also enjoys music, trying new restaurants, working out, traveling and unleashing her inner movie buff. She recently published her first short story and is currently working on a short story collection.