My passion for travel started long before I could afford it. I’ve always been drawn to new cultures, local food scenes, and the kind of historic places that make you feel small in the best possible way. But like most people, I assumed that kind of travel was reserved for someone else — someone with a bigger budget, more time, or a different life.

I refused to accept that.

In 2018, I booked my first international trip — a roundtrip flight to Iceland and Israel for under $1,000 — by studying deal-finding strategies, tracking flights obsessively, and saving with intention. That trip proved to me that the world was accessible if you knew how to look for it.

By 2023, I had traveled to the UK, France, and Hawaii, and somewhere along the way — in the middle of a global pandemic, no less — I found my true calling. Not just traveling, but helping others travel.

I started documenting what I was learning. I built an audience. I launched a newsletter. And before long, people were paying me to teach them how to use points and miles to book trips they never thought they could afford.