Hi, I’m Patricia. Thanks for being here 🙂

I’m originally from Pennsylvania and my parents are from South America, Chile. I didn’t grow up traveling. We grew up poor and we didn’t have enough to take family trips or buy much for that matter.

My mother wanted a better life for my sister and I so she constantly told us to “study” and “save money”. I listened and ended up getting my Masters in Industrial & Organizational Psychology. It was my dream to pursue my career in NYC and I did just that for the past 15 years. While I don’t usually give myself credit, I’m proud that I was able to accomplish a lot with very little.

My career was my number one focus for many years and traveling was never much of an interest. I think it was because I didn’t know what I didn’t know. My once a year vacations were always to beach destinations. One year a couple family members planned a trip to Patagonia, Chile. I decided to come along, not knowing what to expect. That trip really opened up my eyes in a way that I didn’t expect. I realized there was so much more to vacations than just taking a beach trip.

On the personal front, I ended up in a relationship in 2016 that tore me apart. I felt lifeless. My life stopped for a long time after that. I took many years to heal from all of it, leaning on God after admitting I couldn’t do it on my own.

The years of stress put my body through a lot and I ended up having major surgery in 2022. After recovering, I decided it was time to live my life again. After 6 years of living through a dark period, I realized I deserved so much more than that. I deserved to smile again. And I decided it was time to open my heart to love again.

In early 2022, I booked my first solo international trip. For me it meant more than just taking a solo trip. It was the first step of living my life again. I decided to let life flow as it’s meant to and begin my journey with an open mind and heart, welcoming every experience that came my way. Since then my life began to unfold in a beautiful way.

Lastly I just want to say that I know how easy it is to get stuck living our lives day in and day out, feeling like we are just going through the motions. Or the feeling when you’re not happy with a job or a partner but you decide to stay put because it’s more comfortable. The problem with that is that we forget to remind ourselves that we are just living in this lifetime temporarily. Tomorrow isn’t promised. You can choose to live it vibrantly alive everyday, open to experiencing life to the fullest or you can choose to let life pass you by. How will you decide to live yours?

Let life flow, be open to something new, step into the unknown and see what begins to unfold. Let’s do this.

xo