User:Rise Levy

Rise Levy was born in Toronto Canada and graduated from York University in 1978.

In 1979 she worked as an Assistant Media Buyer at Foster Advertising, Canada's leading ad agency at that time.

In 1981 she began her magazine career as Editorial and Production Coordinator for Today Magazine, a weekly national insert in newspapers across Canada in the Saturday editions.

In 1984 she was hired as Managing Editor at Avenue magazine, a monthly arts, entertainment and fashion magazine that went on to win several National Magazine Awards. She was promoted to Editor a year later.

In 1987 she became Editor of HOMES Magazine for the HOMES Publishing Group, which went on to publish many successful housing-based consumer magazines.

In 1990 she was hired as Managing Editor for a new Toronto arts and entertainment weekly called Metropolis, and in 1995 returned to HOMES Publishing Group as Editor for a gtrowing group of magazines which included HOMES, First Home, and Renovation magazine.

In 2000 she left to become Managing Editor at Tribute magazine, a film magazine distributed in movie theatres by entertainment giant Cineplex. I

In 2004, she returned to HOMES Publishing Group as Senior Editor of Condo Life magazine, a monthly glossy publcation distributed through The Toronto Star as well as numerous other outlets including home delivery, a position she maintains today.

Rise lives in Toronto with her partner Gerry Young.