Our Mission
Trekbible was built on a passion for travel. The world has so much goodness to offer and we want to discover and experience every single corner, and then share it with you. We’ll be your guide for everything from traveling tips and guides, to culture highlights, to travel accommodations and deals, to amazing attractions around the world, and more. If you love exploring the world as much as we do, you’ve come to the right place. Join us in celebrating the world through travel!
Our Team
Arliss Veldhuizen
Arliss, Managing Editor here at trekbible, is also a writer and aspiring novelist. Arliss has family all over the world including the Ivory Coast, Denmark, Germany, and the Dominican Republic, a fact that greatly contributes to her passion for travel and culture.
Ella Kim
Ella, Content Manager for trekbible, is a writer and content specialist with a predilection for learning and exploring new places and cultures around the world. With family scattered throughout the U.S. and South Korea, she loves to see cross-cultural influences around the world. Her favorite thing to do on her travels is to taste the local cuisine of each destination.
Faith Walls
Faith is a writer and social media manager residing in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She is passionate about people and currently attends university in pursuit of a degree in Clinical Psychology and Counseling. A nomad by nature, Faith finds utmost joy in trekking around the globe and strongly advocates backpacking as the best way to explore anywhere. Being a bookworm and an avid coffee drinker, she is likely to be found sipping an Americano and mulling over a classic novel.
Meghan Ochs
Meghan loves writing in all forms. In her free time, she alternates between reading and daydreaming about publishing her own novels someday. While she’s only visited two countries, she wants to travel around the world, with France and Spain the first sites on her list. Before that happens, though, she plans on adopting at least one dog from a local animal shelter.
Lauren Nowack
Lauren is a writer and story maker from Pine Valley, California. She and her husband work in the recreation department at a camp. In their free time, they enjoy mountain biking, building out their Sprinter van, and adventuring with their new puppy, Shadow.
Danielle Dougall
Danielle Dougall is a photographer, avid writer, and traveler. Hailing from the rainy city of Seattle, WA she now lives in southern California where she enjoys longboarding, hiking, coffee shop hopping, and dreaming up destinations for her next international trip.
Nadia El
Nadia El-Yaouti is a mother, English language arts middle school teacher, writer, and photographer. She lives in Central Virginia with her husband and two little girls. Although she considers herself a workaholic, Nadia’s greatest pride is being a mom. When she’s not juggling work, you can be sure to find her traveling the world with her little family.
Maura Mazurowski
Maura is a writer and comedian from Richmond, Va. While Maura will always consider Virginia home, she’s happiest when she’s hopping around the globe. Her favorite way to learn about a new culture is through its people and food (seriously, she could eat all day). Find her on Instagram with travel suggestions on where she should eat next!