prepared

This is an as-told-to essay based on an interview with Sunny Stroeer, a professional adventure athlete and former consultant at Bain, who left in 2015. She owns an outdoor guiding business in Utah and has an expedition company that plans trips for women around the world. She’s also the executive director…

After spending two months watching women and girls fetch water from the village tap and then walk home with the enormous containers balanced on their heads, I had become increasingly determined to try to help with this daily task. I had admired the women’s strength before, but as my neck…

I’m originally from the Bahamas, but my love for France began while working there as an English language camp counselor every summer from 2011 to 2014. Year after year, I fell more in love with the country — and, soon, the seed of a plan to live here began to…