producer profle
Kristen Preau,
Cook Me
Somethin' Mister
Jambalaya
to the
Rescue
This specialty food
producer always knew she
wanted to do something
to promote her hometown
of New Orleans. After
Hurricane Katrina, her
mission became clear.
BY JULIE BESONEN
K
risten Preau and her family
were among the lucky ones who
evacuated New Orleans before
Hurricane Katrina hit and became one of
the deadliest disasters ever to make landfall
in the United States. Preau had graduated
that May from the University of Southern
Mississippi at Hattiesburg and had just
accepted her first career-track job, doing
marketing for the athletic department at
the University of New Orleans. "I was
so excited," she recalls of that rosy, prehurricane moment in 2005.
PHOTO: CHERYL GERBER
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