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I'm Mary Pat Rosewicz, founder and owner of the company. I am also a wife, a mother of a teenage boy, an animal lover and a passionate traveler (although that last part hasn’t always been true).

 

I never told anyone, but travel scared me. I didn’t like traveling by myself or being out of my comfort zone. One day I was in Los Angeles, CA for work. I had a two-hour window where I could choose to stay in my hotel room or figure out how to get to the beach and take a walk. It was then that I decided to not let my fear win, and to make the most of the opportunities in front of me versus wasting them. I took the walk.

 

A couple of years later, that mindset was really put to the test. I was offered a job as an overseas consultant. I would be traveling to foreign countries, by myself, and staying for several weeks. Sometimes it was not a primarily English-speaking country. Yikes!

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Long story short, I took the job, worked in several countries, scared myself to death, survived it, and gained many priceless experiences. I also learned how important travel is in educating our views of the world.

 

I believe it is easier to understand historical and current events once you have seen how other people live. It is fun, too!

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