My Winding Path
I’ve been traveling since I was a kid and writing about travel since 2016. My journey began in the publishing world as a freshman at Penn State University, where I studied print journalism and wrote for four different publications.
In 2017, I transferred to the University of Delaware and double-majored in Writing and Public Policy. During my three years there, I served as editor-in-chief of our college publication and worked as a structural editor for two professors. What started as editing syllabi and letters of recommendation soon turned into textbook editing. By the time I graduated in 2020, I had served as the primary editor for multiple textbooks and hundreds of articles, academic documents, and web pages.
After undergrad, I began a master’s program at Tulane University in Health Policy and Communications. My path diverged from most of my peers—while many were drawn to politics and science, I was pulled toward storytelling and art. Still, I found a way to combine my dueling worlds of communications and medicine. I became the editor-in-chief of La Revue, a magazine focused on healthcare, community, and New Orleans. I also worked as a graduate, research, and teaching assistant, writing and editing endlessly for each role. Along the way, I contributed to several scientific journals.
I completed my degree in May 2022 with a 4.0 GPA, the award for Best Master of Public Health Student in my department, and the honor of serving as Vice President of my college. I even delivered the School of Public Health’s commencement speech at graduation.
In 2024, after a year back in my hometown, I felt the pull of change again. I convinced my boyfriend to take a remote job like me, sell his car, pack everything we owned into a 5×10 storage unit, and hit the road. We spent two months in Italy, where we got engaged on a balcony in Rome at midnight over a bottle of prosecco from Treviso. When we returned to the United States, what was supposed to be a three-month road trip stretched into more than a year.
Today, I live in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood with my fiancé and a cat named Tony—and for the first time in a long time, I am staying in one place.
