The world is changing everyday. Those changes impact the travel community and how most of us are moving (or not) around the world. Most of us don’t know how to travel during covid, or if we can travel safely during…
Media plays a huge role in not only how we see each other, but how we treat each other. Lately there has been a noticeable push to tell the story of marginalized people on the big and small screen. Which…
This weekend I put my phone down. It was what I needed after what feels like a lifetime of fighting just to be treated like a human being. If and when I did pick up my phone I made the…
I’ve been struggling to find inspiration to write lately. I’ve dived face-first into video interviews and TikToks feeling too overwhelmed to put my thoughts and feelings into words. That was until I heard about the senseless murders of Breonna Taylor…
Last year I was in Jordan on my birthday. This year I spent my birthday in quarantine. Most of us are. The Coronavirus pandemic has affected us all to some degree. More than anything it’s a shared trauma that we’re…
Travel empowers me. Since I embarked on this Digital Nomad journey three years ago I’ve learned how to be more independent. I’ve learned the power of a dollar, the peaks and valleys of taking a more adventurous route, and the…
Over the years I’ve done quite a few Instagram Round-ups. From Plus Size Fashion Bloggers to Black Travelistas I’ve shared some of my favorite sources of inspiration with you. I’m happy that I have an opportunity to look back and…
HAPPY NEW DECADE! I can’t explain how thrilled I am to welcome all that is new and share the long list of group trips. I had a serious case of the Holiday Blues this year and when I heard a…
It’s important to me that my activism is intersectional. Since I started sharing my experiences as a Fat, Black Traveler and created Fat Girls Traveling I’ve learned so much about intersectionality and the importance of being an ally to all…
I was homeless as a child. We never slept on the street, but I remember sleeping in a car. I lived with my grandmother at the time and she was deep in her drug addiction. Most of the time we…