Kate McConnell
Kate McConnell got to globe-trotting in her tweens when she escaped suburban Connecticut for a summer in France, and hasn’t stopped since. Some of her worldwide pit-stops include: a stint in Morocco with the Peace Corps; numerous Strait of Gibraltar crossings leading interfaith dialogue excursions for U.S. students meeting Muslims in North Africa; managing service learning programs in picturesque, puppet-filled streets of Oaxaca, Mexico; couch surfing from Canada to Hawaii; and directing study, volunteer and internship organization EcuaExplora, based in Quito, Ecuador.