Ali Wunderman is a freelance travel and wildlife writer constantly traversing the globe, though her heart lives in Belize. Her work can be found among more than 30 publications, including outlets like Smithsonian, Travel + Leisure, Mic, Salon, Backpacker, and SF Weekly. She authored Frommer’s Belize and coauthored a guidebook for Iceland. You can follow Ali’s journeys around the world on Instagram at @aliwunderman or on her website aliwunderman.contently.com.  ...  [View stories]

Residing in Northern California with her head in the clouds and boots wandering the vineyards, Amy Bess Cook is a writer who also works in the wine business. Her personal essays have appeared in Vela, Entropy, and Misadventures Magazine. She launched Sirsee: The Gift, a harvest arts journal and handcrafted wine, to raise money for social causes. Her latest initiative, Woman-Owned Wineries, invites readers to raise a glass to female wine entrepreneurs. Visit her website at: wowsonoma.com. (Headshot is credited to Nicole McConville.)  ...  [View stories]

Angela Johnson is an environmental restoration volunteer, working with organizations like The Nature Conservancy and Channel Islands Restoration in stewarding protected lands. While she calls Santa Barbara County home, she spends her time outside of volunteering exploring backcountry wilderness and hiking countless mountain peaks. Angela is a brilliant storyteller and fearless outdoorswoman, with no trail too long and no summit too high.  ...  [View stories]

Annie Sherman is a journalist, editor, and author based in Newport, Rhode Island, writing about food and culture, travel, the environment, and their intersections. When she introduced her own son to ice cream at Mt. Maunganui, he was the same age as she was when she first tried it, but he didn’t grimace. They both are now obsessed. You can find her at @alewife.author and www.AnnieShermanLuke.com.  ...  [View stories]

Ashley M. Halligan is a freelance writer living her dream of being geographically independent out in the world and on the open road. As the founder of Pilgrim Magazine, storytelling and human narratives are her biggest loves, with work appearing in publications like Backpacker and Alaska magazines. She believes in slow living, mindful journeys, and cross-country roadtrips. Ashley also has an affinity for live music, Jack Cousteau (her dog), red wine, the Beat Gen, house slippers as shoes, grandads, mountains, the Redwoods, and a dreamy island called Faial. You can follow her adventures on Instagram at @byashleymhalligan or say hello: curious@pilgrimmag.com.  ...  [View stories]

Avagail is a travel content creator and copywriter. After teaching English in South Korea and traveling around Asia for four years, she pivoted into the digital nomad life to combine her passions for writing and travel by blogging, creating content and managing social media for her own blog, Avagail Adventures, and clients in and out of the travel industry. As a Filipina-American, she is an advocate for amplifying BIPOC stories and voices in the travel sphere and empowering them to follow their dreams of traveling and living abroad even under the pressure of cultural norms. She has a fondness for elephants, can’t start her day without a cup of coffee and believes there is always room for dessert. Follow her on Instagram at @avagailadventures and TikTok at @avagailadventures.  ...  [View stories]

Christian Carollo is a Philadelphia-based travel photographer and writer. Having visited 48 states and twenty national parks, he is a huge advocate for roadtripping in the United States. In 2013, Christian launched Say Hello To America—a travel site that inspires and encourages others to get out and explore America—while also exploring the relics of his grandparents with his project pastpresentproject.com or Instagram at @sayhellotoamerica and @pastpresentproject.  ...  [View stories]

Christophe Noel is a freelance journalist, photographer, and general vagabond dividing his time between Nepal, Peru, and all points in between. A seeker of stories untold and paths less traveled, he can often be found with map in hand, probably lost, in the most remote corners of the globe. A former professional travel guide and consultant, he is the founder of Clean Drink Adventures, a nonprofit organization providing safe drinking water solutions to rural communities and schools in Nepal. Christophe believes in the power of the traveler and doing good as you go.  ...  [View stories]

After a decade working in London, Eileen swapped flashy buildings for a notepad and camera and set off to Asia. She fell in love with India, and it was here she started write about her travels and the culture she was becoming immersed in. She is at her happiest on a bus alone heading off to somewhere new but seems to spend most of her time near mountains, mainly the Himalayas. You can follow her adventures on Instagram @nomadicnumerist and her occasional blog posts on www.nomadicnumerist.com.  ...  [View stories]

Hannah DeWitt graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design with a BA in Photography. She then moved to Anchorage, Alaska, where she currently works as a lifestyle and portrait photographer. Her work has been shown in several publications such as Travel Alaska, Modern Huntsman, Monsters Children Magazine, Wildheart Magazine, and Cabelas. Over the past two years, Hannah has been inspired by her new home in the Last Frontier, traveling the state and photographing interesting people she meets along the way. When she’s not behind the camera, you can find her out hunting, fishing, camping and hiking with her husband Jesse and their pitbull Ruger. To follow more of her work and adventures, check out her website or follow her on Instagram.  ...  [View stories]

Hannah is a freelance writer and photographer originally from the Midlands in the UK. She aims to inspire ways of traveling and living that are mindful, meaningful, and deeply textured. Her work thus far has been published by Matador Network, Viaggio Magazine, Intrepid Times, and Bell Collective.
Connect with Hannah on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, or on her website: www.littleanxiousexplorer.co.uk.  ...  [View stories]

Hannah Green is an English literature graduate from the UK. She writes poetry, prose, and short fiction, and her work focuses on place and nature, as well as community and environmental issues. She also reviews poetry and interviews writers and artists for a variety of publications. Her work has been featured in Candid Orange Magazine, ARCCA Magazine, The Cardiff Review, and Artists for Armageddon. You can find more of her writing here.  ...  [View stories]

Hayli is a travel writer and photographer. Since adopting a nomadic lifestyle in 2013, she has traveled to 20 countries with a return to Southeast Asia planned for the end of 2018. From studying orangutans in Gunung Leuser National Park in Indonesia to riding a motorbike through Vietnam, Hayli is always looking for meaningful relationships on the road and ways to share her stories with her loved ones back home.  ...  [View stories]

Jordan Campbell is a film photographer originally from Wisconsin. In the summers, she works as a glacier guide in Alaska, finding sanctuary in the wilderness and using her photography as art to explore the world around her. You can follow more of her work on Instagram at @jordancamp_bell.  ...  [View stories]

Jessie McCall is a Portland-based photographer, vagabond, music, and travel enthusiast. Raised in Nevada City, CA, she developed a love for photography in high school when she took her first darkroom class and began using her father’s old Canon AE-1. With an immense love for both people and travel, Jessie has taken her camera all over the world and has had the pleasure of working with artists like The Brothers Comatose and Gregory Alan Isakov, documenting life on the road. You can follow her work at www.littlegreeneyesmedia.com or on Instagram: @littlegreeneyes and @felicitybuckwinder.  ...  [View stories]

Justin is an award-winning writer, editor, and content marketer whose work has appeared in Stereogum, ESPN.com, NYMag, and Columbus Alive. When he's not squinting uncomfortably into his phone's camera, he's usually riding his bike, playing with his kids, or actin' a fool.  ...  [View stories]

John Rutledge is a retired SWAT Officer and Bomb Tech Specialist. Though his job kept him on his toes and frequently in the line of danger, it is his daughter's adventures that have inspired him to expand his own horizons and explore new avenues of writing and creativity.  ...  [View stories]

Lavanya Sunkara is an animal lover, globetrotter, and writer based in New York City who’s written for outlets like The New York Times, Fodor’s, Salon, The Dodo, ShermansTravel, and NBC. Her love of nature and adventure has taken her all over the globe, with her most memorable travel experiences including things like camping in the Serengeti, snorkeling with sea lions in the Galápagos, studying humpback whales in Costa Rica, and caring for orphaned wallabies in Australia. She cherishes sharing her experiences and being a voice for the voiceless. You can follow her adventures on her site, Nature Traveler, and on Instagram at @nature__traveler and on her website www.nature-traveler.com.  ...  [View stories]

Leah Pellegrini, currently living in Oakland, California, is a freelance writer and photographer, as well as a narrative coach, astrologer, and organic farmer. Her Substack newsletter, The Core Stories, and her website by the same name feature multimedia perspectives on growth, grounding, and regenerative healing—both personal and collective.  ...  [View stories]

Liam Brennan is an acclaimed photographer, sea kayak guide, and aspiring environmental scientist. Born in landlocked Ottawa, Canada, he quickly developed a deep love and appreciation for the ocean with annual family trips to the Canadian maritimes. While he completes his undergrad, he splits his time between Canada’s east and west coasts. He weaves together his experiences in ecotourism, conservation ecology, and photography to share powerful images and stories. Follow his work at @liambrennnan and www.liambrennan photography.com.  ...  [View stories]

Mary Jane taught filmmaking at Boston University for decades but now, as an associate professor emerita, she concentrates full time on filmmaking and writing. Each year, she solo treks to remote parts of places — Moravia, Nova Scotia, South Africa, Colombia, Catalonia, Connecticut — where she meets strangers, falls in love, and tells their stories.

She does not use GPS, finding her way instead with a compass and paper maps. This system works except when she doesn't know where she is in the first place. This happens quite often, but she's found, this is the best way to meet people. Learn more about her movies, photography, awards and writing on her website: maryjanedoherty.com.  ...  [View stories]

Michael Champlin is a writer, photographer, and designer in Texas who’s been telling stories with words and pictures for as long as he can remember. He has a deep-seated wanderlust and a passion for breakfast foods. Michael is an avid collector of many small things, of words, of experiences; he’s a lover of friendship, of food, of here and there and of the journey between here and there. You can follow along on his adventures as @mjchamplin on Instagram and Twitter.  ...  [View stories]

Maggie Lemere is a filmmaker, oral historian, and storytelling strategist whose work focuses on social and environmental issues. She’s been a conflict researcher, human rights trainer, and filmmaker on projects across the U.S., Africa, Asia, and Latin America. She’s the founder of Rhiza Collective, host of Bad Feminists Making Films, the editor of Nowhere to Be Home (McSweeney's) and co-founder of “Storytelling for Changemakers” with Ashoka. Maggie is also a master naturalist, outdoor adventurer, and dog lover. You can follow her (and her beautiful golden Rumi) on Instagram at @maggie_lemere.  ...  [View stories]

Born in Austria, but very much a global citizen today, Martin Zinggl is a freelance reporter, filmmaker, photographer, author, and anthropologist. He lives here and there, and in his hometown of Vienna in between. He began writing in 2007 while doing research for his master's thesis in Tuvalu, an island in the South Pacific. While all of Martin's work has been meaningful, one of his greatest achievements was working in conflict areas with Doctors Without Borders. His photos and writings—including three published books—are usually published in German-speaking markets, though he's begun translating some of his greatest stories into English. You can follow Martin’s travels on Instagram at @martin_zinggl. (Headshot courtesy of Silvia Cachafeiro.)  ...  [View stories]

Growing up in the English suburbs, Nicholas Jubber developed an incurable itch for adventure, which has taken him by camel to Timbuktu, across Afghanistan in disguise, and hitchhiking around Iceland. He’s particularly interested in how the past and present collide and in oral storytelling, which have been themes in the four books he’s written so far. You can follow him on Twitter at @nick.jubber and on Instagram at @jubberstravels.  ...  [View stories]

Born in the heart of the Silicon Valley, Olivia Gambelin traded shiny tech buildings for old cobblestoned streets when she picked up her digital media business and jumped the pond. You can find her anywhere there’s WiFi, designing graphics and websites for small businesses. You can also follow her countless journeys on Instagram at @oliveyou316 and @ditchingpointb.  ...  [View stories]

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Pat's travels have taken him around the world and currently through continental Europe working as a tour guide. He says his first word was 'no,' and he has spent the majority of his life attempting to remedy that attitude. When Pat is not writing you can find him walking—be it across countries, through mountains or to his local pub—taking curious baby steps to wherever it is he is going. You can keep up with him at www.patboxall.com.  ...  [View stories]

Rashi Arora is an independent documentary photographer based in Mumbai, India. She has worked with various digital publications like Homegrown, The Culture Trip, 101 India, and The 88. She graduated with an MA in Documentary and Photojournalism Photography from London College of Communication in the United Kingdom. She loves to document stories which are connected to social issues, diminishing cultures, travel and lifestyle. Her work has been exhibited at various national and international platforms across the world.  ...  [View stories]

Shannon Leone Fowler is a marine biologist, writer, and single mother of three young children. Since her doctorate on Australian sea lions, she’s taught marine ecology in the Bahamas and Galápagos, led a university course on killer whales in the San Juan Islands, spent seasons as the marine mammal biologist on board ships in both the Arctic and Antarctic, taught graduate students field techniques while studying Weddell seals on the Ross Ice Shelf, and worked as a science writer at National Public Radio in Washington DC. Originally from California, she currently lives in London and studies seabirds in Alaska. Her memoir, Traveling with Ghosts, is out now.  ...  [View stories]

Steph feels most alive when climbing a mountain, connecting with others, and sharing her stories. She believes that adventure is a mindset, not a destination, and that the greatest moments in life occur when delving into the unfamiliar. Steph is currently serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer working on economic development projects in Namibia.
You can follow her on Instagram at @sshih_.  ...  [View stories]

Depending on the season, Sylvia Dekker is an alpine smell and mountain mornings lover, a beekeeper, an outdoorswoman, a hunter that shoots with a Canon, and a woodburning artist. Independent of the season she writes about all that and beyond, attempting to bring one person’s experiences and knowledge to life for another.  ...  [View stories]

Raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Trevor fled to the highlands of Costa Rica at 22 to chase the ghosts of the cloud forest. His writing and photography have been published in Mongabay, Nowhere Magazine, and The EcoTheo Review. Along with his twin brother, Trevor runs a nonprofit called Adventure Term with the goal of training the next generation of creative environmental storytellers. You can explore his work via his portfolio or Instagram: @crazytrevor1.  ...  [View stories]

Growing up in northern Ontario, Canada, Vanessa has always loved exploring. Photography, travel, and writing feed her curiosity and help her care more about the planet, people, flora, and fauna that share it with us. After graduating with a degree in image arts from Ryerson University, she settled in Ottawa where she’s been a professional photographer since 2007. Her images have won numerous awards with the Professional Photographers of Canada and she was named Photographic Artist of the Year for Ontario in 2018. She also teaches photography and hosts photo tours. She is looking forward to returning to Morocco to host a tour in 2022. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter, or visit her website.  ...  [View stories]