Posted: 7/22/15 | July 22nd, 2015 Travel is a powerful agent for change. It broadens our horizons and helps us find our purpose. Think about the first time you traveled overseas. Remember those feelings of fre..

Posted: 5/4/2016 | May 4th, 2016 I believe that the world is big, beautiful, and full of possibilities. The more people that understand that (especially from a young age), the better all of our futures will b..

Posted: 12/20/2016 | December 20th, 2016 “Travel itself is very scarce for me, as I’ve never even commuted outside of the northeastern coast of the United States. Everything from the volunteer work to th..

Today I want to talk about FLYTE, this website’s nonprofit arm. Over the last few months, I haven’t kept everyone as up to date about the organization as I would like. I apologize for that and promise th..

Posted: 4/16/18 | April 16th, 2018 Travel gives us perspective, challenges our expectations, and opens the door to new possibilities. It forces us to see the world and ourselves in a more profound way. I belie..

Posted: 5/24/2018 | May 24th, 2018 Dear fabulous reader, I was in the shower (where I do some of my best thinking), pondering all the political fighting and social media outrage that seems to happen every week..

Posted: 9/4/2018 | September 4th, 2018 Earlier this year, we announced our latest FLYTE partnership, with the Victor School from rural Montana. Our goal was to send a group of its high school students to Guate..

Posted: 02/14/2019 | February 14th, 2019 As travelers, we constantly meet people from around the world and experience cultures and values different than our own. I think that is why we travelers tend to (gene..

Posted: 8/26/2019 | August 26th, 2019 When I started my nonprofit Foundation for Learning and Youth Travel Education (FLYTE), my goal was to make international travel accessible to low-income youth across the ..

Posted: 9/15/2020 | September 15th, 2020 This year, FLYTE, our nonprofit, celebrates its five-year anniversary! We launched it in the summer of 2015 with nothing more than a desire to help kids see the world, ..

Posted: 12/21/2020 | December 21st, 2020 Travel is a privilege — even budget travel. The ability to hold a passport and purchase a plane ticket to another country is a luxury not afforded to most people aroun..