We are thrilled to give you a guest article today from Linda Martin, co-producer of the wildly popular Indie Travel Podcast!
Take it away, Linda.
Travel has always been an important part of my life. We travelled a lot as a family when I was young, both at home in New Zealand, and overseas as well.
In fact, an overseas experience is a normal part of Kiwi young adulthood: you pack up [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Fellow Boston teacher Emma, thanks so much for talking with us! Please tell us about your background.
Emma: I’m from Rhode Island, and I’ve been teaching science (Biology and Chemistry) in Boston for 4 years. After I graduated from college, I spent two years teaching English in Ecuador through WorldTeach.
TT: Awesome! Describe your time teaching in Ecuador.
E: I lived and taught English in Ecuador for two years. I lived with [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Lovely to converse with you, Monica! Please tell us a bit about your background.
Monica: I was born and bred in Brooklyn. I work in social media but before that I taught during the summers and on weekends. I started teaching when I was 16.
I began working at a daycare center and eventually moved on to teaching elementary school children. I’ve traveled all over China and I’ve been to Istanbul, [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: It’s lovely to meet you, Phil! Please tell us about your background.
Phil: I am originally from Cleveland, Ohio. I went to New York University and afterwards taught for three years in a public charter school in Washington, DC.
I have traveled as often as my schedule and budget have allowed, and in many cases when I probably shouldn’t have.
I studied abroad in Ghana in 2005, traveling for a bit [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome, Andrew! Please tell us some background about yourself.
Andrew: I’ll try my best to keep this brief! My name is Andrew, I’m 25, and I’m currently based in San Fransisco. I work full-time as the senior editor of GoOverseas.com, which is a network of sites that highlight opportunities for long-term travel abroad (namely teach, study, and volunteer programs).
I founded this company with my partner in crime, Mitch Gordon, while [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: So glad to meet you, Johnny! Please tell us a bit about your background. Johnny: I’m Johnny, a born and bred Irishman. I lived in Northern Ireland until 2002 when I moved to England to study International Economics at university. I graduated in the summer of 2006 and have been on the road ever since.
I taught in both Thailand and Korea, worked a bit in the USA, and Australia [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Welcome, Caz! Please tell us a bit about your background.
Caz: I am from a small coastal town about an hour north of Sydney, Australia. I graduated from University as a primary school teacher in ’97, and three days after, I set off overseas on a travel adventure that really hasn’t ended.
My first experience traveling was backpacking through Indonesia for 3 months with 2 girlfriends. From there I moved [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Thanks so much for chatting with us, Cybel! Tell us about your background.
Cybel: I’m a native New Yorker and work as a Cinematographer for commercials, documentaries and feature films. I went to a very good high school, Trinity School, that encouraged volunteering.
Ever since high school, I have had a fondness for volunteering for organizations that support children and the arts. In recent years, that passion has translated into my [...Read More!]
TeachingTraveling.com: Thanks for being our first TeachingTraveling.com interview, Laura! Please tell us a bit about your background.
Laura: I am 27 years old and I was born and raised in Boston Massachusetts. I went to Boston Public Schools growing up.
I left Boston to go to University of Rochester for college. Throughout high school and college I was a camp counselor at Camp Joy, a summer camp for inner city children with [...Read More!]
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