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𝙃𝙚𝙚𝙚𝙮𝙮𝙮𝙮𝙮𝙮 👋🏾 Blogging Community!
𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀: I can’t wait for us to grow, hype & inspire each other 🙌🏾!
𝗛𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁-𝗼𝘂𝘁 & 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 for being a part of my journey!
Continue to read to learn more about myself, my blog's mission, and the meaning behind my logo!
Education is my passion!
Have you ever thought about the overlap of travel and education? For me, travel IS a form of education— it is the best education that I will ever receive! Every travel excursion has added a layer of understanding to my knowledge of people, of food, of culture, of history. It is how I learn about the untold and nuanced histories not often featured in schools -- although as an educator, I am working towards bringing that untold knowledge in the "classrooms" through racial equity & anti-racism work!
As my career, I educate students and staff through my position as a non profit executive director. As my personal passion, I educate others through my travel blog where I literally share tips and stories to educate and inspire others about travel!
My brand started off with me just wanting to share my travels because people would always ask me for tips in <insert place>.
However, I have found a 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲:
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𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲 others on taking micro•cations
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𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲 people to Support BLACK Periodt
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𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗳𝘆 underrepresented voices in the travel industry
Although my travel journey only began 8 years ago — the 1st time I got on a plane was at age 22 to a National science teacher Conference in Indianapolis — I have covered a lot of ground and learned a lot in a short period to time.
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I’ve been to over two dozen countries 🗺.
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I've been to nearly 3 dozen states (70% of the states) in the USA 🇺🇸, hoping to visit all 50!
As a result, I want to share this wealth of knowledge with you. I’ve been blogging 👩🏾💻 since 2016 w/ over 80 blog posts up & more to come covering an array of topics listed here!
𝗜𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗼, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀:
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𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝘁: represents the strength and power of traveling as a Black woman
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗼:
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Yellow: feelings of happiness, positivity, and optimism from travel
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Red: a color of passion, love, and adventure for all things travel
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Green: a color of growth and renewal, the impact of travel
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Black: a color of strength that comes from being a Black woman. I support Black all day, every day — Black people, Black history & culture, Black businesses, Black creators, Black travel... 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗕 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸
Yellow, Red, Green, and Black are all colors that are part of the African Diaspora
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Yellow: the richness of the African people, both material and spiritual wealth
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Red: the blood that unites all people of Black African ancestry, and shed for liberation
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Green: the abundant and vibrant natural wealth of Africa, the Motherland
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Black: Black people's skin color; also serves to indicate the strength of their community.