I’m a Mexico-based solo female travel expert, magazine editor and content creator, who prefers getting to know a destination via slow travel, rather than more fast-pace, on-the-go tourism.
I inspire and help women build the skills and confidence to move abroad and create the remote life they’ve always dreamed of.
After spending most of my adult years living outside of the US, including seven years in Asia, and two in Mexico, I started wondering if it was time to settle down. I grew up in Northeast, Ohio, but besides a few months during the pandemic, I hadn't lived there full-time since I was 18.
I loved life abroad, from immersing myself in different cultures to the lower cost of living, but I was starting to want more stability. Plus, I was lonely and a bit envious of friends back home who were hitting different milestones like getting married, buying property, and having children.
So I thought I'd lucked out when, in early 2021, I accepted a social media job offer at a small nonprofit newsroom in Chicago. I was living in Mexico at the time, but excitedly packed my bags for the coolest city in the Midwest. Unfortunately, it wasn't what I'd hoped for.
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