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Hey! My name is Hannah Brown and I am a 24-year-old remote worker and avid traveler. I received my bachelor’s degree in Communicative Disorders from the University of Alabama in 2022 and recently completed my master’s degree in International Studies from Columbia University. My focus was on international public health and my thesis combined both of my degrees to tackle the issue of discrimination against those with congenital cleft deformities and whether it differs substantially between countries of different economic standings. I would eventually like to work for an international medical NGO, but am currently working with data annotation for this sabbatical year. I moved out of my apartment in Manhattan in September of 2023 so that I could spend this whole year solo traveling, and I am doing so by living in month-long Airbnb rentals in different countries!
Like the many, many Americans who do not own passports (which is around half of the country’s population), I never had one until I left North America for the first time halfway through my sophomore year of college. That trip solidified my desire to travel, but the subsequent onset of the COVID-19 pandemic delayed any opportunity I had to leave the country. So when I had the chance to au pair in Spain during the summer of 2021, I gladly took it and have since visited 40 other countries with about half of them being solo trips. I particularly love solo traveling and how independent it makes me feel, which is why I am spending 2023-2024 without an apartment of my own and exploring as much as I can, updating this blog along the way. Follow along!
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Where I’ve been so far- Austria, the Bahamas, Belgium, Canada, Cayman Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (SAR, China), Hungary, Ireland, Israel & Palestinian Territories, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, the Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Nepal, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Scotland, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turks & Caicos, the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, and, of course, the United States.
Coming soon- Iceland, Turkey, Montenegro, and more!
