Vicki never imagined that the trail of cotton lint lining the roads of her home town near Eudora, Mississippi would be a trail she would follow across the country in her career. One thing was for sure -- she would write. In her senior year in high school she served as Editor of the school newspaper. At Memphis State, where she graduated with a B.A. degree in Journalism, she wrote for the University's office of Public Affairs, as well as a local newspaper called the Memphis Business Journal. After graduation, she accepted an internship at the National Journalism Center in Washington, D.C., then later with Readers Digest's Washington Bureau. Ready to move back home, Vicki decided to be a freelance writer. It didn't take long to carve a niche for herself in agricultural writing, specifically cotton.

In 1989, Vicki joined the staff of The Progressive Farmer where she is now based in Memphis and specializes in cotton coverage. Since coming on board, Vicki has been involved in many successful stories including "America's Deadly Harvest," which was nominated for a National Magazine Award in the Public Interest category. Vicki was also part of a delegation of cotton industry representatives who traveled to the Peoples' Republic of China to see firsthand why China is such a big factor in today's cotton market.