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      Image related to article By Kellee Edwards   My best friend shared this article in Travel + Leisure Magazine entitled Black Travel: The Movement and I loved reading every single word of it.  All kinds of thoughts came to mind and here are some of them... I am not a vacationer, but an adventurer, not a tourist, but a welcome guest. Not to be mistaken for a misguided wanderer, but a peaceful pioneer on an endless quest.  (My mantra) From the first time I left the United States of America (2000, Oaxaca, Mexico), studied abroad (Alicante, Spain, 2003), felt the privilege of long-term leisure travel (Vietnam, 2006), taught abroad (Tokushima, Japan, 2007), moved abroad with the intention of staying for-e-ver (Ghana, 2011), traveled with college students abroad (South Africa, 2014), and traveled abroad "for work" (Limerick, Ireland 2017), I understood- clearly- the limitless joy associated with Being Black Abroad. Let me be specific though, being a Black A...

  Written on August 18th, 2020 in Washington DC                                                                The pictures above reflect the energy and enthusiasm of one person with 10 years of life in between. A version of myself that was carefree and fun & another more responsible and professional. At this time in my career as a bold, collectivist-minded International Educator, I am in need of a regular outlet for self-expression. Whoa! It's just hit me how so much has changed in my life, value structure and worldview. I am now introducing myself as a professional within a career as an educator.  But, it should be noted in this new intro that when I say that I have experienced so much and sacrificed a lot to re-introduce myself...