A Southerner who has lived throughout the south, Dea moved "north" to North Carolina in 2012 with her husband and the last of 8 children. In 2013, she got her RE license and began working throughout the Triangle. In May, 2018, Dea joined the Keller Williams United market center. She previously owned The Baron York Tea Room in North Georgia for 7 years and published "A Dollop and A Pinch: Recipes and Stories from The Baron York." She is a contributing author in the internationally loved "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series and enjoys traveling all over the world to visit her 8 children and 17 grandchildren. You can watch her TEDx Talk, The Magic of the Meal, on Youtube. Occasionally, Dea participates in triathlons.