Our Contributors
Debbie Abrams Kaplan has taken more than 50 airplane trips with her two kids, who know which items go in the one quart Ziploc bag…more »
Lani Asato is a mom of two kids under age five living near San Diego, California. Before she had children, she traveled to some of the more remote corners of the world working for Conservation International…more »
Patricia Aspinwall lives in Canada and loves to travel. When her daughter, Bella, joined the family 2 years ago, that didn’t stop her…more »
Katherine Barrett is a Canadian currently living in the Western Cape of South Africa. She holds a PhD in Botany and Applied Ethics and, prior to motherhood, published in several newspapers, journals and academic anthologies…more »
Sheri Bell-Rehwoldt is an award-winning writer who pens features and profiles of people and places for businesses, websites and publications…more »
Mari Chazen, who is a dual citizen of Switzerland and the United States, lives in Northern California with her husband and two children…more »
Michelle Duffy is an IT professional who, after 10 years in the dotcom world, left Amazon.com to spend more time writing, traveling and being with her family…more »
Sharlene Earnshaw is an adventurous mother of twin toddlers with a passion for travel and exploration…more »
Kristy Hall is passionate about travel. Shortly before becoming a mom (another thing she is passionate about), she and her husband took a six-month career break and round the world voyage …more »
Christine Louise Hohlbaum is an award-winning American writer and author of Diary of a Mother: Parenting Stories and Other Stuff (2003) and SAHM I Am: Tales of a Stay-at-Home Mom in Europe (2005)…more »
Jessica Jacobson is an explorer, writer and mother. She has traveled to over 50 countries and studied nine languages. She is the author of Roaming Russia: An Adventurer’s Guide to Off-the-Beaten Track Russia and Siberia and a forthcoming guidebook to Kyrgyzstan…more »
Jenny Jensen is an American expat just beginning her second year in the Netherlands. She caught the travel bug early during a summer 4-H exchange to Japan at age 13 and has been on the road as often as possible ever since…more »
Amber Johnson is an adventure-travel writer turned adventurous unraveling mother who originally hails from Canada. She worked for a number of years as a publicist in Utah’s ski/outdoor industry and first gained fame…more »
Meg Keough studied international relations hoping to someday get paid to travel. It didn’t work out the way she expected…more »
Carrie Kirby never had a great sense of balance, but these days the Chicago mom would qualify for Barnum & Bailey…more »
Jody Mace lived in the Midlands of England for two years with her husband and two kids. They loved traveling around the UK and Europe, during which time they steered narrow boats down canals the wrong way, got strong-armed for bribes…more »
Jennifer Margulis has eaten fried crickets in Niger, performed the cancan in America, and appeared on prime-time television in France. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Military History Quarterly, Ms Magazine, Wondertime, at family.com and in dozens of other national and local magazines and newspapers…more »
Jennifer Niesslein is the author of Practically Perfect in Every Way: My Misadventures Through the World of Self-Help-and Back and the co-founder of Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mother. She lives…more »
Carolina Papa is a second grade teacher in Northern California who takes advantage of her summers off to travel near and far…more »
Angela Rehm parents her rambunctious 4-year-old, Bode, from the road. She and her family have embarked on a one-year journey…more »
Shelly Rivoli is the author of the award-winning guide Travels with Baby: The Ultimate Guide for Planning Trips with Babies, Toddlers, and Preschool-Age Children (2007)…more »
Sue Rodman is the mother of three wonderful boys who dutifully follow on her hometown adventures…more »
Carrie Simmons is the creator and co-producer of the award-winning “Travel With Kids” Family Travel Guide Series on DVD…more »
Kimberly Sullivan is an American expat in Italy. She works in international development…more »
Traci L. Suppa Here’s where you won’t find freelance writer Traci L. Suppa: zip lining in the Costa Rican rainforest; snacking on toasted crickets in Thailand; or snowboarding down Mount Kilimanjaro…more »
Marsha Takeda-Morrison is a freelance writer who blogs under the name Sweatpantsmom. Before becoming a writer she worked as an art director in the entertainment industry …more »
Amy Whitley is a mother of three boys who is determined to prove (and continue proving) that there IS (travel) life after kids...more »
Lisa Woodill currently resides in Nova Scotia, Canada. She is a community pharmacist and mother with an obsession for all things travel related…more »







