Karen Catchpole

In April of 2006 SATW award-winning travel journalist Karen Catchpole left her job and apartment in New York City and embarked on the ongoing Trans-Americas Journey, a 200,000 mile working road trip through North, Central and South America. She freelances from the road for outlets including Travel+Leisure, National Geographic Traveler, Afar, American Cowboy Magazine, The Dallas Morning News, The Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, BBC Travel, RoadsandKingdoms.com, Slate.com, CNN.com and other outlets. Follow along on the Trans-Americas Journey travel blog as her road trip continues through South America.

Karen Catchpole has been a Travel Mindset influencer since September 5, 2016