My family started traveling with me when I was a baby. Now, flights back then were not intercontinental, but I caught the travel bug pretty early on. Prior to graduating from high school, I traveled to Spain, Portugal, Germany, London, France, Italy, Amsterdam, and more. A natural next step was to study abroad in college, but when COVID-19 hit my junior year, it felt like it was going to be ages before I was on a plane again.

In order to feel like I was still able to connect with and learn about other cultures while in lockdown, I started cooking international cuisine and writing about it on my personal blog, Picky Eater Gone Global. Over the last three years, what was a blog filled with trials and tribulations of learning how to properly cook chicken turned into insights on study abroad, travel experiences, and how to be a better global citizen.

“My favorite part of learning other languages is connecting with different people on a more personal level than you would communicating in a first language. It gives you such an in-depth perspective on the culture and personalities of people.”

- “Heatwave!” (7.22.2022)