Alyssa has a Bachelor’s degree in Zoology and Environmental Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She lives in Denver with her partner and her rescue pup. Whether it’s her home city or an exciting new travel destination, she finds joy in exploring the outdoors. She loves discovering local boutiques and hole-in-the-wall bars and restaurants. Nepal, with its red pandas and magnificent mountain range, is at the top of her bucket list. When she isn’t at work, you can find her camping, paddleboarding, hiking, climbing or cross-country skiing.
MOST ENCHANTING TRAVEL
In college, I studied at a tiny field school in rural Tanzania for four months, living in a small community and learning wildlife management and conservation in the country’s northern national parks. On the program, we were tasked with research and camping in the middle of the Serengeti National Park, when one night, we were awakened by two prides of lions fighting mere meters from our tents.
The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for a newer and richer experience.
Eleanor Roosevelt