Stefan Whitebegan his career in the corporate world in the UK, eventually making his way to Boston in the U.S. to study Business Administration. After his American studies, he bought a van and spent five months exploring the U.S., visiting 31 states and seeing more of America than many Americans, instilling a love of the country and region. After 45 years as an entrepreneur in the giftware market in England, Stefan immersed himself in his personal passion for the topics of horticulture and history, and is now a public speaker and author on those topics, focusing specifically on the subtopic of women in American History. He has recently been elected a member of the royal historical society, and speaks to The Royal Horticulture Society in the UK.