Sojournies

22/05/2025

Just a girl from Milwaukee chasing her wildest travel dreams ✨⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I’m still on a high from winning the Trailblazer Award ’s Bessie Awards this past weekend, interviewing from YouTube Shorts and hosting my own session!
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I attended WITS 2023 and sworeeee to .daily I was not going to quit my 9-5 to travel⁣⁣…welp I guess we now know that was a lie but everything comes full circle 😂
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Two conferences later and five months into full-time entrepreneurship, most days I feel like I’m relearning everything I thought I knew. But I’m thankful to have this platform to share stories and the privilege to wake up every day to build a life beyond anything I could have ever imagined ❤️⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Thank you all for being here, shoutout to all the Black train travelers who paved the way for me, and cheers to more epic train travel adventures 🚂 ✈️

09/04/2025

I heard you wanna go to Japan? 🇯🇵 👀

Well here are some things I loved that you should do on your trip to Kyoto & Nara!

🗡️ Become a samurai during the Samurai Experience (booked via )

🍢 Eat your way through the Nishiki Market and buy the viral rice seasoning & furikake

🦌 Day trip to Nara for pounded mochi (.jp), a bubble waffle () and the bowing deer

🚂 Ride the Aoniyoshi Sightseeing Limited Express from Kyoto to Nara for a luxury train experience

🥢 Buy souvenirs on Ninenzaka & Sannenzaka streets

🥞 Breakfast .kyoto, then visit the Fushimi Inari Shrine & Kiyomizudera Niomon Gate

Kyoto’s architecture, food & slower pace felt nice after Tokyo. And thanks for the unexpected deal 🤪

Would you take the voucher for a trip like this to Japan?!

17/03/2025

Hiiiii Tokyo 👋🏾 🌏 ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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This is my first time ever in Asia and I’ll be spending the month here traveling - so the first stop had to be Japan 🇯🇵 ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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An immaculate train system? 🚆 ✅ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Delicious ramen? 🍜 ✅⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Talented nail artists ? 💅🏾 ✅ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Heated bidet toilets? 🚽 ✅ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
Eating my weight in onigiris from 7-11? ✅ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
All the food from the Tsujiki Fish Market? ✅
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And so much more!! I think I’m in loveeee. There’s so much to see and do. ✨
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17/02/2025

I’ve been selected as a finalist for a Bessie Award in the Trailblazer category 🥹😭🫶🏾⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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This award is for the go-getter who has thrived in the past year in building her own empire and carving out a path for future leaders in the travel space.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I’ll also be speaking too - all about video content creation! My session is “How to Command the Camera as a Video-First Creator and On-Camera Talent” so if you’re a creator looking to level up your video content this is for you 🎥 ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I’m very honored to have my work recognized in the travel space sharing my love of train travel! And voting is now open for past WITS attendees!! ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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See y’all in NYC ❤️⁣

07/02/2025

Hello 100K+ people 🥹🫶🏾✨ - a reintroduction with my monthly travel entrepreneurship R.E.P.O.R.T⁣⁣
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In the midst of leaving my 9-5 I forgot to celebrate this huge milestone! So if you’re new or been here awhileee I’m Sojourner - here are some things I’ve been balancing as a full-time travel creator 👋🏾 ⁣⁣
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📚 (R)eading: Riding Jane Crow by Miriam Thaggert. I always have a book with me and this one is about Black American women’s experiences as train travelers - lots of history I didn’t know! ⁣⁣
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🥦 (E)ating: Veggies. I started eating chicken again in 2022 after 12 years of being a pescatarian and I feel like I ate my body weight in wings last year lmaooo. More veggies pls 😅
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🎶 (P)laying: Music. DtMF & Bad Bunny have me in a chokehold. Glorilla is a daily listen. Kendrick & Candi give me some balance. ⁣⁣
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🏃🏾‍♀️ (O)bsessed With: Running. I ran a half marathon in 2019 and I missed running outdoors. My goal this year is to go on a run in every place I visit this year.
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😌 (R)ecommending: Affirmations. The way I have been rejectedddd this year already baby has not been fun. But I wrote some affirmations at my desk. I don’t like being told no (who does lol?) however I’m not taking them personally. We thrive over here regardless!⁣⁣
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🇵🇷 (T)raveling To: Puerto Rico. I obviously love traveling now, but I started with family road trips when I was a kid. Most recently I spent a weekend in San Juan for a birthday. Proof that I’m not always on a train 😂⁣⁣
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Excited to see what next month’s R.E.P.O.R.T looks like & check out my YouTube for the monthly vlog recap✨

30/12/2024

Cheers to a year of train travel (swipe to the end)🚂✨⁣⁣
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It has been a wild year in this corner of the internet so I thought I’d share my train travel awards including some of my favorite off-the-train accommodations like Akwaaba Bed & Breakfast Inns (NY, NJ, DC) & Matices Hotel de Barricas - Hotel de Barricas en Tequila, and accessories like Sony Electronics, DJI Osmo Pocket 3, The Lip Bar and more. And here’s the full list of train rides I’ve taken in 2024:⁣⁣
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🇲🇽 Jose Cuervo Express : Guadalajara to Tequila, Mexico ⁣⁣
🇺🇸 Amtrak Maple Leaf: New York City to Niagara Falls⁣⁣
🇨🇦Via Rail: Niagara Falls to Toronto⁣⁣
🇺🇸 Amtrak Southwest Chief: Chicago to Los Angeles⁣⁣
🇺🇸 Amtrak Pacific Surfliner: Los Angeles to San Diego ⁣⁣
🇺🇸 Amtrak Crescent: Atlanta to Charlotte to DC ⁣⁣
🇺🇸 Amtrak Acela: DC to NYC ⁣⁣
🇺🇸 Amtrak Lake Shore Limited: NYC to Chicago ⁣⁣
🇺🇸 Amtrak Hiawatha: Milwaukee to Chicago ⁣⁣
🇺🇸 Rocky Mountaineer: Denver to Moab (media trip)⁣⁣
🇺🇸 Napa Valley Wine Train: Napa Valley, California (hosted)⁣⁣

All graphics made in Canva ❤️

What train y’all wanna be on in 2025? 👀
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06/06/2024

Cheers to 4 years of taking a slight career pivot ⁣⁣due to a global health crisis 🤪😅⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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When I enrolled in my international social work grad program in 2018 I didn’t know that in 2020 I would end up creating my own lane of being a “remote social worker.”⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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All while…⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🚂 Taking scenic train rides around the U.S, Mexico & Peru & gettin⁣g paid to write about it ⁣⁣⁣⁣
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✈️ Presenting at conferences about the importance of Black researchers, evaluators & storytellers ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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🇨🇴 🇰🇪 Balancing a 9-5 with travel content creation and winning $5K grant, a free trip to Kenya and a free coliving stay in Colombia⁣⁣⁣⁣
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👩🏾‍💻 Traveling to and/or working from Panama, Mexico, Guatemala, South Africa, ⁣Canada, Peru and more ⁣⁣⁣
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⁣⁣This career path redefined freedom & flexibility for me and for that I’m so grateful ❤️⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I have a remote social work jobs dashboard & free guide on my website if you’re interested. 🔗 in bio⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Drop any questions below about remote social work, train travel, career pivots, etc!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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19/05/2024

Looking for a unique train trip? Well look no further than the Jose Cuervo Express Tequila Train!

The Jose Cuervo Express train is a must visit if you're headed to Guadalajara or Tequila in Mexico. Let's get you on the tequila train!