Kristin traveled the world for two years and then taught thousands of would-be travelers how to do the same.

I had a dream to travel the world.

Before 2008, I convinced myself that everything was fine and that this dream was not possible nor needed. I dutifully completed all of life’s “to do” list of education, career, and marriage. My dream of exploration crept down the stairs of my soul, while I lived with it's frightened cousin, anxiety, and stayed put. 

In February 2008, I finally listened and brought my dream of traveling the world into the light. I didn't know where I was going, but I knew that I needed to leave the life I was living and journey into the unknown. With great pain, grief, and courage, I moved on.

On October 2, 2008, I landed in India and began to live my dream. I traveled on and off for the next two years. 

I taught travel dreamers to make a plan and travel the world, inspiring thousands more through my website Take Your Big Trip and serving as an AFAR Magazine ambassador.

I also ran workshops and ran events on how to do the same like those with MeetPlanGo

And Travel Massive and the World Affairs Council

And the Young Professionals Group (YPG) of the Asia Society of Northern California

I put together more workshops and was selected to speak at SXSW Interactive

I wrote a few of my travel stories as personal essays and they were published

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And for two years, I combined my marketing strategy expertise and travel as Marketing Campaign Director for GeoEx, a luxury adventure travel company.

In 2016, I changed the Take Your Big Trip website to a Medium channel and an Instagram account to keep inspiring others, especially mid-career professionals, to live their travel dreams.