Travel

“Travel isn't always pretty. It isn't always comfortable. Sometimes it hurts, it even breaks your heart. But that's okay. The journey changes you; it should change you. It leaves marks on your memory, on your consciousness, on your heart, and on your body. You take something with you. Hopefully, you leave something good behind."

- Anthony Bourdain

I’ve been lucky to travel to over 50 countries and counting (although what the international community considers a country often differs because of colonial legacy). As much as reading, watching documentaries, learning from organizations on the ground of an issue, travel has shaped my beliefs in the importance of history, human rights, and environmental stewardship.