About
Carrie Burdzinski is a cellular and molecular biologist, writer, nutritionist, oboist, composer, homesteader, gardener, runner, rope-jumper, and anarchist. She is the founder and sole proprietor of AURUM Naturals, an organic/natural bath and body care company.
Carrie earned a B.Sc. in Honors Genetics from the University of Western Ontario and an M.S. in Biology (specializing in cellular and molecular biology) from Oakland University. She has instructed high school biology, high school chemistry, and college genetics.
Although her formal college training is in the sciences, Carrie is also a semi-professional oboist, performing with the Detroit-based Belle Isle Woodwind Quintet and offering private oboe instruction to students of all ages. Her compositions and arrangements have been performed by professional woodwind groups including Etesian Winds / Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, The Jasmin Recorder Consort, The Naiades Wind Quintet, The Prevailing Winds, The Wi-Fi(ve) Woodwind Quintet, The 338th Military Band, Auburn Chamber Orchestra, Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra, Troy University faculty quintet, Warren Wilson College faculty quintet, Kutztown University student quintet, The University of Southern California student quintet, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, and other college and high school groups in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. She was commissioned to arrange music for the Ozark Nightmares Haunted House and private functions. Carrie’s music has been featured by The Partner of Kindermusik Educators, The White Rock Learning Centre, and Clay Aiken – The Ideal Idol.
Currently Carrie works as a copywriter and public relations manager for an organic and natural foods company in southern Michigan. Her work appears in nutrition and holistic lifestyle magazines including Alive, American Legacy, Body + Soul, Delicious Living, Eating Well, Edible WOW, Everyday Food, Experience Life, Harroswmith Country Living, Healthy Shopper, Heart and Soul, Kiwi, Living Without, Macrobiotics Today, Mary Janes Farm, National Green Pages, Natural Health, Ode, Taste for Life, Today’s Diet & Nutrition, Today’s Dietitian, Today’s Health & Wellness, Total Health for Longevity, Vegetarian Times, Vista, and several more.
Carrie contributes regularly to the Detroit Area Anarchy Group blog and enjoys writing about health, philosophy, and liberty.
See her complete resume here.