Dave Bowling

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Location
Texas, USA
School
Texas A&M University, University Of Utah
Expertise
Off-the-Beaten-Path Destinations, Airline Points And Miles, Impactful Travel
  • Dave has worked, volunteered, and studied in six countries on four continents.
  • He has a personal goal to run at least one 10k race every year and finish faster than the year before, preferably on a different course.
  • A lover of languages, Dave self-published his first book, Secrets of a Polyglot: How to Transform Your Life through Learning Foreign Languages, to help people worldwide improve their interpersonal relationships.

Experience

Dave professionally taught English abroad for 8 years, exploring the world during his school vacations by leveraging both complex travel itineraries and points and miles. During that period, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Indonesia, where he lived like a local for two years in rural West Java. While earning his master's degree, he participated in the State Department's Critical Language Scholarship Program in South Korea and crafted his own Russian language immersion program in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. After graduation, he founded GuideMie LLC to enable sustainable development through tourism by crafting foreign language courses, guidebooks, and life-changing travel itineraries.

Education

Dave holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Utah with an emphasis on Japan and Japanese, as well as a Master of International Affairs degree from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University.

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