Culture Shock

Culture Shock

I’ve been blessed with having the courage to take on heaps of different travel opportunities in my life, especially the last 7 years since I started college. After my freshman year of college, I went to Kenya for a summer followed by Singapore for a semester...
Experience Institute Meetup #1

Experience Institute Meetup #1

Six misfits from around the country flew into Chicago earlier this month to be the founding class of a new kind of school rooted in real world experiences. An artist, a writer, an entrepreneur, an engineer, an architect and a business strategist converged to embark on...
Travel and Experience is the Mother of all Education

Travel and Experience is the Mother of all Education

I’ve been blessed with a wealth of experience in my life- they’ve taught me everything I remember and helped chisel me into the person I am today. I’m blessed that my parents even let me go chase most of these wild experiences, I guess it got easier...
Risk Taking

Risk Taking

I love taking risks. One might call me a risk-seeker, I have developed a ridiculously high tolerance for uncertainty and the unknown. I love it, this attitude has helped make me a stronger, more resilient person who is constantly practicing fortitude. I feel most...

The Mighty Rio San Juan

Here’s a little video that Trent took on our first day navigating down the Rio San Juan. It was a sobering reality check of the heralding endeavor that we had committed to. I spent this past weekend in Michigan at a remote cottage on a private lake with family. We all...