| Travel writer
and photographer
I'm an adventure-travel writer and
photographer, based in Washington State, who's explored
more than 45 countries over the past 18 years.
With a reporter's
notebook and a Nikon in hand, I've hitchhiked
through bandit country in Laos, trekked across the Himalayas, stayed
with 40 different families in Asia and the South Pacific, and traveled
through Rwanda after the civil war to deliver medicines to refugees.
You can read about these experiences
on
the Articles section of my site.
Here, you’ll also find stories I've published in Outside
Magazine, Islands, The Boston Globe, Miami Herald, and Houston Chronicle.
Author
My
books, Rwanda: Country Torn Apart and Kurdistan: Region Under
Siege, are part of a World in Conflict series for children grade 5
and above.
Find out more about these books, and others I’ve
contributed to—The Best Women's Travel Writing 2009, LIFE: The Greatest Adventures of All Time, and The
Unsavvy Traveler: Women's Comic Tales of Catastrophe—on
the Books page.
Teacher
and lecturer
Several
times a year, I teach classes on women’s,
adventure, and solo travel, as well as planning your own extended
trip. I also offer seminars on Travel Safety for companies nationwide. See the Travel
Classes section for a full list of topics.
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Schoolgirl in
Soufriere, St. Lucia
Editor
When
I’m not traveling or writing about my adventures, I edit content for web design, consulting, and
high-tech companies. I'm also an editor and writing tutor for Harvard
University. To learn about my recent assignments, see the Editing
section.
Fruit—and
baby?—for sale in Indonesia.
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