RISING STARS CONTINUED
“It doesn’t matter your budget, your job, your
time constraints,” she says. “It’s not unlike any
other commitment you make to yourself, like going
to the gym or eating healthy. It is such a valuable
and enriching experience to be able to immerse
yourself in another culture.”
As a start, she says consider your next cup of joe.
“If you looked at where you’re spending your disposable income, and you started a travel fund and
directed all your Starbucks money there, you could
go. Explore the place where you live. You know how
many people live in Miami-Dade County who won’t
cross into Broward County? There are a lot of unexplored wonders in America.”
ABOVE: Protopapadakis
bundles up in Iceland.
RIGHT: With husband Chad,
Protopapadakis makes a
tusked friend in Chiang Mai,
Thailand.
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