I am originally from a small town on the Jersey Shore but have also called Chicago and Wisconsin home before ultimately settling down in the Texas Hill Country with my husband and our daughter. Traveling is a very big part of our lives both professionally and personally and I love nothing more than sharing this passion with my clients. 

After getting my degrees in Elementary Education and French, I lived in France for a year while teaching English as a World Language in three elementary schools. This time also allowed me to complete my English as a Second Language certification which I went on to teach in middle school upon my return to the States. Ultimately, the sea called me back and I left my teaching job to coach sailing and compete full time. 

In a way, it feels as though my entire life has prepared me for my role as a travel professional — through my teaching and coaching, I am a planner; and through my sailing and countless family and solo trips I am a world traveler. Travel is not just something that I do but it is a big part of who I am.  I thoroughly enjoy planning each trip with my clients and I love being able to help provide them the most memorable experiences that they will then carry with them forever. While I have been lucky enough to of traveled to 18 countries (so far), my bucket list is constantly growing and often a place I’ve already been goes back on the list. There's just always so much to see and experience!  I also love nothing more than introducing my clients to these incredible places and helping to facilitate their special travel moments.

I look forward to helping you fall in love with the places you haven’t been and perhaps even revisit those that you already have.

“I’ll never be content to stay forever in one place. I’m too madly in love with all the places I haven’t been, the people I haven’t met, the food I haven’t tried and the streets I haven’t danced on.” - Brooke Hampton

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Just Add Water

Coaching Team USA in Belgium

I grew up in a small beach town where my early years were filled with sailing, swimming, fishing and sitting on the beach staring off across the Atlantic Ocean. We traveled often as a family with trips up and down the East Coast and the U.S. Virgin Islands. My traveling increased exponentially as I began to compete both nationally and internationally in the sport of sailing. Through my competitive racing years (which still occur from time to time) and my 15 years of coaching, I have been lucky enough to travel the world from a young age.  Traveling has become not only something I do but is a big part of who I am.  While I love a mountain, jungle or land adventure there is something about the water that just draws me in and soothes my soul.