Jackson is known as the mystery man! He loves to go to those places that for most are the unknown, such as Bulgaria. Jackson has been to about 20 countries since 2017 and spent one month in Turkey and Northern Cyprus. Hear where else he plans on traveling when the pandemic is over

Fiaunna Shivers went with us to Eastern Europe back in 2013 and since then has traveled to Brazil, Gambia and Senegal. Fiaunna Shivers was our 2014 Wake Tech graduation commencement speaker and was one of my students early 2012-2013. She has big big plans on moving to Africa in the next couple years. She has a lot to share in this podcast about how she sees travel.

Julian David loves travel and caught the travel bug big-time. Julian overall loved Austria but did experience a few examples of racism in Europe. Julian is planning on seeing the world and is currently getting his pilots license so he can see the world.

Simon is the General Manager of the company that took me into North Korea back in 2007. Simon has been to North Korea 175 times, more than any other Westerner. He organized and helped get Dennis Rodman into the country for the big basketball match back in 2014 and also leads incredible adventure tours to Far East Russian, Mongolia, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.

Samantha Cinelli has now been to 20 plus countries since her 2014 trip to Qatar including Israel three times. She is a graduate of UNCW and majored in International business. Samantha talks all about how the class, the trip to Qatar shaped her future!

Kelly Rawers has been traveling since going on her first trip with us back in 2012. She has been to Western Europe, Southeast Asia, Costa Rica-Nigaragua and in 2017 CUBA!

In 2014, Wake Tech and William Peace University along with 12 students and three faculty members got to experience the world’s richest country, Qatar. We will look briefly at the country of Qatar, then we will hear from the past participants who were lucky enough to go and camel ride, participate in a desert safari, tour the Islamic museum and get to take a class at the Qatar University. I took the history of oil class!

Nick Bonner is the founder of Koryo Tours and has taken thousands of westerners into the DPRK (North Korea). Nick is also a world renown film maker and has produced award winning films on the country and including working with Michael Palin on the Michael Palin in North Korea documentary. My talk with Nick Bonner is an honor and it was great to reconnect.

No student has had more of an impact from Study Abroad. Anna Grace Wynekan is addicted to Europe and has been back multiple times since 2017. She has nannied and has passed on the travel bug to her dad who loves Portugal. Here her talk about how travel has shaped her future.

Dr. Shirley McLaughlin is an extensive traveler and is so fun to travel with. She has traveled with Wake Tech three times to South Korea, Dubai and Salzburg Austria. Dr. Shirley shares her experiences around the world. She is a Professor at NC Wesleyan College.