Seeing the World, One Place at a Time

  • Visiting every state on the east coast of the US in 2015
  • Moving from MD to CO to AL in 2015 and 2016
  • Backpacking California and Seattle for 5 weeks in 2016
  • Living in my car for 3 months traveling the US with my two dogs in 2018
  • Road tripping from Maryland to Monterrey, Mexico in 2018
  • Moving from Mexico to Spain in 2019
  • Traveling Europe and Northern Africa in 2019
  • Backpacking Asia for 6 months in 2020
  • Getting stuck in Malaysia in the COVID-19 pandemic and adopting two kittens
  • Moving back to Mexico in the height of the pandemic
  • Becoming a legal Mexican resident after one failed try that resulted in me being in Mexico illegally
  • Competing in multiple power lifting competitions, including the Colorado State Powerlifting Competition where I placed 4th in my weight class
  • Buying a van in Mexico as a tourist, which everyone said couldn’t be done
  • Living in a van in Mexico as a solo female traveler with many rescue pets
  • Visiting 12 states in Mexico
  • Learning to rappell, rock climb, surf, scuba dive, and drive a motorcycle
  • Surviving a total van fire when I was driving
  • Spending 1 month traveling Europe as a solo female in 2021
  • Spending 5 weeks road tripping the US alone in my van in 2022
  • Spending 4 months traveling the Middle East and Europe as a solo female in 2023
  • Visiting El Salvador as a solo female traveler for 2 weeks in 2023
  • Visiting the Great Pyramids, Chichen Itza, Machu Picchu, Hagia Sofia, the Acropolis of Athens, El Tikal, Teotihuacan, Tulum ruins, La Huasteca Potosina, Dia de los Muertos in Michoacan Mexico, the Dead Sea, getting baptized in the Jordan River, visiting the Palestine Wall, visiting Jesus’s birthplace and the Garden Tomb on Easter Sunday, spending three days hiking Petra, camping in the Sahara Desert and Wadi Rum
  • Hiking volcanos around the world including Mt. Batur in Bali, Pacaya in Guatemala, Santa Ana Volcano in El Salvador, El Nevado de Colima in Mexico, Paricutin in Mexico
  • Hiking the Camino de Santiago twice, in 2021 and 2023
  • Solo hiking in the Pyrinees mountains of Spain
  • Guiding trips around the world for small groups