10 Facts About Wanda Urbanska

Wanda Urbanska is an author and television host, and a media, public relations and political strategist.

Wanda Urbanska Marie Urbanski was born in South Bend, Indiana, when her father, Edmund Stephen Urbanski, was a visiting professor at Notre Dame.

Wanda Urbanska began writing professionally while still in high school for the Bangor Daily News in Maine and interned on-camera on Maine Public Television's live program, Maine News and Comment, during her senior year.

Wanda Urbanska traveled to Poland the summer of her junior year in college and upon graduation, adopted the Polish feminine of her name professionally.

Wanda Urbanska began her career in New York, working for The Paris Review as an associate editor.

Wanda Urbanska later moved to Los Angeles where she joined the staff of the Los Angeles Herald Examiner as an assistant editor of its in-house Sunday magazine and later as a business reporter, covering retail, airlines and health care.

Wanda Urbanska moved to Southwest Virginia in 1986 with her husband, Frank Levering, to take over his family's orchard business and wrote books in collaboration with him about the benefits of simple and rural living.

Wanda Urbanska co-authored Christmas on Jane Street: Based on a True Story with Billy Romp.

Wanda Urbanska co-authored Nothing's too Small to Make a Difference with Levering, which was published in 2004.

Wanda Urbanska hosted Simple Living with Wanda Urbanska for four seasons, which appeared on PBS stations nationally.