Leah Shoup is a successful travel blogger behind Gringa Journeys, but getting where she is today hasn’t been easy. She embarked on quite a journey since deciding to spend every waking moment on the road and overcame many obstacles along the way.
Shoup’s amazing adventure started when she decided to leave her old life in Atlanta behind and move to Santiago, Chile in 2014. She was always passionate about learning new languages and spent the next two years working as an academic translator and traveling around South America.
She took a break to go back home and spend more time with her family after her father had a brain tumor surgery. She missed frequent travel and decided to focus on content creation and writing, and this creative outlet led to the birth of her travel blog Gringa Journeys.
Shoup’s amazing story attracted thousands of followers to her Instagram page, and she’s hoping her posts will inspire them to open themselves up to new possibilities.
“I also believe that travel is essential to learning openness and that everyone should travel for this reason. Therefore, I hope to inspire you not only to see the world but also to expand your knowledge and to keep an open mind about other cultures, religions, and even politics,” she writes on her official website.
