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Latinas Who Travel x Hennessy: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in New Jersey

October 25, 2017 0 Comments

When the founder of Latinas Who Travel (LWT), Olga Maria approached me to help launch their New Jersey edition of Latinas Who Travel I...

Welcome to Latinas Who Travel! Latinas Who Travel was not only created to encourage and empower Latinas to travel more, but we also empower women of color and honorary latinas. In addition, we proudly showcase our culture through various media outlets such as our website, our newsletter, our Facebook Community, our daily instagram features (when you hashtag #LatinasWhoTravel) and other social media outlets. Our founder, travel and lifestyle expert and digital nomad, Olga Maria of Dreams in Heels , created this group based on her experiences. She realized that during her extensive travels she often did not meet other Latinas. In addition, many times the locals would comment that she was the first person they ever met from her country. Lastly, she noticed how many of her friends and acquaintances always tended to travel to their hometown and/or the same places over and over. Many of them acknowledged not feeling comfortable enough to travel on their own or to travel to unknown countries (which were totally out of their comfort zones). Thus, Latinas Who Travel was born to... Read More