Rebecca High

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Location
Raleigh, NC
School
Cedarville University
Expertise
Asia travel destinations, Global history, Off the beaten path travel
  • In 2017, Rebecca ran her first half-marathon in Pyongyang, North Korea, and wrote an essay about the experience for ESPN.
  • After graduating from university, she lived in Seoul, South Korea, for nearly two years, teaching English and exploring Asia.
  • Rebecca has road-tripped round-trip from Los Angeles to Cabo San Lucas at the tip of Mexico's Baja Peninsula in a 1999 Honda Civic coupe, navigating solely with an outdated motorcycle travel guide. She has also spent a week sailing the Mediterranean on a catamaran and can't decide whether she prefers road trips or boat life.

Experience

Rebecca's love for travel began as a child and has shaped both her career and her writing for nearly two decades. Originally from the Chicago area, she started her writing career as a reporter and editor for her college newspaper before moving to Seoul, South Korea, to teach English and explore Asia. A few years later, Rebecca moved to Los Angeles with the goal of writing screenplays but found herself producing reality television instead and writing for a variety of blogs and publications on the side. Over the past decade, her production work has taken her to destinations across the U.S. and around the globe, including Miami, Italy, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Canada, Costa Rica, and more. Her work has been published in Vice, Roads & Kingdoms, ESPN-W, and even the New York Times, which featured a blurb about her half-marathon in North Korea.

Education

Rebecca has a bachelor's degree in international studies from Cedarville University.

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