{"id":7,"date":"2015-05-21T12:41:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-21T12:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/followtheflight.com\/index.php\/about-me-2\/"},"modified":"2024-01-06T17:53:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T17:53:42","slug":"about-me-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/followtheflight.com\/index.php\/about-me-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7\" class=\"elementor elementor-7\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a4ddca e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2a4ddca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc454e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6cc454e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 05-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/followtheflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/c88adb43-aecb-462a-b767-bf6efb8ffd4b-1024x463.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2881\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/followtheflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/c88adb43-aecb-462a-b767-bf6efb8ffd4b-1024x463.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/followtheflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/c88adb43-aecb-462a-b767-bf6efb8ffd4b-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/followtheflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/c88adb43-aecb-462a-b767-bf6efb8ffd4b-768x347.jpg 768w, https:\/\/followtheflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/c88adb43-aecb-462a-b767-bf6efb8ffd4b-1170x529.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/followtheflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/c88adb43-aecb-462a-b767-bf6efb8ffd4b-585x264.jpg 585w, https:\/\/followtheflight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/c88adb43-aecb-462a-b767-bf6efb8ffd4b.jpg 1184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10ff6300 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10ff6300\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73bf9d85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73bf9d85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 05-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019m a California native now living in Washington DC. I started this travel blog to share my adventures and encourage others to do the same.<\/p><p>I am a humanitarian (Aquarius), video gamer, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&amp;I) Practitioner. I spent nearly a decade working with marginalized communities, from homeless services to juvenile justice and foster care. Community building, cultural immersion, and diving into new experiences fuels me. But for so long I didn\u2019t feel empowered to beyond my comfort zone and see more than the Bay Area. With a new vision for myself in mind, I am intentional about treating myself to travel and lasting memories.<\/p><p>That said, starting this blog wasn\u2019t a random decision; it was a conscious choice to document my journey of growth and self-discovery and to show that traveling changes us for the better. I believe that traveling equips us with the most valuable skills. empathy. Learning about other cultures, subcultures, food, and ways of life opens your heart in a way that cannot be expressed.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: inherit;\">I hope to inspire you to dream big and realize that your goals and plans are achievable. 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