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Liz founded Liz Rae & Co in 2015 during her best friend Maranda’s engagement. Her friend, Timmie, at the time also struggled with finding an LGBTQ-friendly officiant that custom-wrote ceremonies. Liz believes the ceremony is the best part of the wedding day and wanted to make a change in the industry by emphasizing not only the important of marriage ceremonies but insluvity as well.

When she isn’t writing ceremonies, she works for a tech company during the day and a film production company by night. She’s been writing her whole life, but gained her storytelling knowledge through Faber Academy’s novel program and UCLA’s TV and Film Writing degree. You can read some of her writing on her website, Liz Rae and more notably on Thought Catalog.  She writes freelance for a variety of clients in various industries.

She speaks Spanish, some French, and some Italian, and she’s lived in France, Italy, Spain, Peru, the United Kingdom. She’s traveled to every continent except Antarctica.

She loves writing weddings of all kinds — her favorite part about the job is figuring out how to tell each and every story! She can’t wait to get to know you and be part of your wedding. 🙂

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Monique is a writer, podcaster, and connector. Endlessly curious, she loves to learn and believes in living a life with an open heart and open eyes. Currently an American in Paris, Monique has resided in the UK, Morocco, and India, as well as the east and west coast of the US. Her average day is filled with cafes and parks. Her favorite pastimes include riding her bike, long coffee (or wine) dates with friends, and summarizing her favorite series to anyone who will listen.

After leaving her work in the UK for the US Airforce as a civilian, Monique studied at Santa Monica College in Los Angles before transferring to The American University in Paris, where she graduated with an undergraduate degree in psychology and a master’s degree in global communications. She worked as a brand copywriter and a copy editor at Deezer and Jellysmack, respectively. She currently works as a freelance writer.

When she was younger, Monique often dreamed about having her own radio show. Well, now podcasts are a thing, so in 2020 Monique started a podcast called, “Snap chat w/my Younger Self” where she is the younger self, and her friend Karen Thomas, 65, is the “Snap in our chat.” In the show, Karen and Monique discuss a topic and share their views for 15 minutes. It’s short and sweet.

Currently, Monique is learning more about astrology and tarot. She finds it fascinating what one can learn about themselves from the stars. When she’s not busy with everything else she enjoys painting, dancing, and baking cookies in her tiny Parisian apartment.
A lover of all things celebratory, Monique especially enjoys weddings because they’re a celebration of love. She looks forward to meeting you and helping you record your unique love story.

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Melinda Mayor is a performer and writer originally from Canada. In addition to writing, Melinda is also a professionally trained actress and singer, and she has performed at festivals in Canada, the US, and France. Before moving to Paris, Melinda previously lived in Vancouver and London, and is now based in Montmartre (where she used to be a singing tour guide!). Having worked with couples on everything from elopements to vow renewals to surprise proposals, Melinda is very happy to be joining Liz and the team.