San Luis Obispo, CA

Big Bear Mountain, CA

Aarti ~ Haridwar India

Walking through the crowded Haridwar market, dodging the motorcycles and bicycles going too fast for the small pathways, I noticed a perfect chaos. It seemed dysfunctional and disorganized, but somehow, it worked. The motorcycles honking their horns at first was just loud and annoying, but I soon appreciated the startling noise as warnings to get...

Montauk NY

Side Streets of India

My favorite part of my recent trip to India was peering down the side streets as we went past. Each street had different people with different stories. I found myself lying awake each night of the trip looking through photos I had taken down side streets that day, looking at each individual person in the...

Mullingar Ireland

I absolutely love visiting castles in Ireland. From the gorgeous grounds, to the powerful architecture, to the intriguing history, castles are the perfect Irish destinations.

Home

Before graduating high school, I attended six different schools, in four different countries, on three different continents. I've never had a home town, a childhood bedroom, or childhood friends. The summer before my sophomore year of high school, my family moved to the other side of the globe to a place I would call home...

Perspective

As a young girl, I was afraid of the ocean. The ominous waves building to be greater than my own height, only to come crashing down with tremendous force. Therefore, I tended to prefer playing in the sand, far from the lingering danger that was the water. As I grew older, this fear subsided and...

Sri Ram Ashram

Blowing kisses goodbye at the Sri Ram Ashram orphanage in Haridwar, India.

Dharamsala, India

Dharamsala is a city in India located on the edge of the Himalayas and is home to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile.