Rachel. 27. Living and loving in mountains of North Carolina. Wife. Daughter. Sister. Feminist. Educator. Traveler. Bilingual. Animal lover. Summer enthusiast. Passionate. Driven. Loyal. Bossy. Happy.

“After a lot of time on the road,
hearing a language you do not understand,
using a currency that you do not know the value of,
walking through streets that you have never traveled before,
you discover that the old “self”–with everything that you learned–
is absolutely useless in the face of new challenges…
and you begin to realize that, buried in the bottom of your unconscious,
exists someone much more interesting, adventurous, open to the world and new experiences.”
–Paulo Coelho