Traveling to me is food for the soul. Experiencing a country’s culture profoundly different from my own is a humbling experience and one, if not the best ways, to educate yourself. Traveling is a necessity for personal growth. In a lot of ways it’s like exercising, if you don’t workout your muscles you will inevitably lose your strength gains. I've traveled to 14 countries and territories all over the world backpacking across Colombia, rock-climbing in Bolivia, hand-gliding in Brazil, cliff-jumping in Bermuda, sailing through the Caribbean and traveling across Iran by train. I've also done volunteer work in Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago, Bolivia, and Colombia. I believe that life is about adventure, risk taking and story telling. We're all authors of our own book and the brilliance of it all is the power we have to pencil in anything we want. For more about my story, visit my website at Williamsondistrict.com