“Award-winning author and journalist La Carmina runs the leading alternative travel blog (www.lacarmina.com/blog), which won "Best Blog of the Year" from Auxiliary Magazine, and was featured by the New York Times, BBC, Washington Post, New Yorker, Vogue, and more (see citations at https://www.lacarmina.com/blog/press/). Her journalism was awarded Bronze by the SATW (Society of American Travel Writers) in 2020. La Carmina is the author of three books (published with Random House and Penguin), is a TEDx speaker, and appears as a host on travel TV shows worldwide (Bizarre Foods, No Reservations, Taboo, Oddities, Better Late than Never). As a journalist, she contributes to CNN, Fodor's, Business Insider, Yahoo, Sunday Times, Airbnb, Huffington Post, Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, Tripsa”