About Me
I was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1982. Since leaving the United States in 2008, I‘ve lived in Switzerland, Sierra Leone, the United Kingdom, Kenya and France, my current home, where I‘m finally growing some roots. I‘m a regular contributor to The New York Times, and my work has also been published by The Guardian, The Washington Post, and the BBC, among other outlets.
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A trip to Paris, podcast updates, and a chat with an American travel guru.
Introducing The Better Travel Podcast
If you love to travel and you want to have a positive impact on the world, then this is the show for you.
Follow along as I travel the world reporting and writing my book on the global tourism industry, to be published in 2024.