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Finding My Sister

This was a trip three years in the making. From the moment we stepped off the plane, the thick, balmy air hit me like a wall of tropical bricks, inducing the hazy, dreamlike feeling that dominated the...

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Let’s Be Ambassadors for Responsible Travel

The way we travel can have a long-lasting impact on the places we visit. Last year, while traveling for a documentary I am making called The...

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Parallel Lives

We walk, wearing our shoes branded with names that do not belong in this field of debris and misplaced belongings. “This was our home,” my mother...

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Just My Dad’s Luck

Did you know that its possible to travel internationally...

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The Big Blue

SEMI-FINALIST 2015 FTF TEEN TRAVEL WRITING SCHOLARSHIP

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A Change in Heart

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Splash Mountain’s Fatal Attraction

The orange light that is typical of sunsets highlighted the horrors of the streets. It gleamed across a shopping cart that carried all the belongings of a man whose beard reflected his lifestyle. It...

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Determined to Dream

I look around and see a place outside my comfort zone. Instead of the crisp, modern structures of buildings and casinos in Nevada, I see deteriorating slabs of concrete and weatherworn brick. In place...

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Light from Broken Windows

My family’s footsteps were quiet on the damp earth. That was fitting; loud noise seemed gaudy here. Even though the broken walls opened straight to the sky, the abbey retained its reverence—noise,...

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