Samantha’s dream of speaking of herself in the third person has been realized with the writing of her bio for the Urban Travel Blog.Samantha is an aspiring travel photographer, blogger, and storyteller. A native of The Pacific, Samantha grew up the islands of the Philippines, Japan, and Hawai’i. Being exposed to different cultures from a young age inspired Samantha to learn and experience as much as possible about the world around her. This fascination with the world also inspired Samantha’s love for maps and cartography.

Samantha hopes to give people a unique insight of traveling with her writings. She believes traveling is more than awesome photos, crazy adventures, and great stories. Traveling can also be scary, awkward, and hard. All these adjectives plus more can be found in her stories.

Samantha holds a degree in Health Care Administration and an advance degree in Geographic Information Science. She promised her mom she would mention that.

She currently lives in San Diego, California where she works as a cartographer and freelance photographer.

To read more of Samantha’s travels and thoughts check out her website or follow her on Instagram.

Samantha’s articles on Urban Travel Blog

Photo Story: Tokyo’s Robot Restaurant Cabaret