Originally from Maine, USA, Molly has lived in Sydney, Australia, Ziguinchor, Senegal, and Padua and Bologna, Italy. Now based in Rome, she’s eating great food, exploring every corner of the city, and writing about it all. When she’s not cooking, reading, or out hunting for her new favorite restaurant, she’s posting on her blog, Luggage and Life, where she helps people travel and eat well in Italy and beyond. Follow along for info on life abroad, travel tips and stories, and lots of foodie pics.
Dr. Bunny McFadden (she/they) is a Chicana mother who tinkers with words for a living. In addition to being the winner of the 2021 Golden Ox and being published in horror & sci-fi anthologies, they’ve written widely for places like Yahoo, Broccoli, and more. They’re the assistant editor of a magazine for incarcerated folks. Their website is DocBunny.com. They've lived in Albuquerque, Zürich, and San Francisco. Now they are a programs director at a nonprofit in the Tenderloin neighborhood, where they get to celebrate youth voices every day.
Tierney Finster is a writer and artist from Los Angeles, CA. She was a founding editor at MEL Magazine, where she wrote hundreds of stories and commissioned pieces about sex, relationships and digital culture. She’s also written for publications such as Dazed and Confused, The Face, Amuse, Broadly, Jezebel, Playboy, PIN-UP and Purple. She’s spoken about digital culture and identity at the Serpentine Galleries London and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Torino, and hosted literary and music programs at The Standard Hotel Los Angeles and The Ace Hotel DTLA. Her podcast Tierney Talks is available wherever you listen to podcasts.
Apeksha is a freelance writer based in Gurgaon, India. She was the Chief of Features of luxury travel magazine Travel & Leisure India & South Asia and transitioned to digital media as the Assistant Editor of India’s largest online platform for women, POPxo. After working with Indian environmentalist Pavan Sukhdev, she’s focused on learning more about the environment. She has also contributed to BBC Worklife, South China Morning Post, and Business Insider. She blogs at viadelhi.in.
Emily is an experienced travel, food and beverage writer, often writing about the intersection of delicious bites, sips and travel adventures. Bylines in Travel + Leisure, Conde Nast Traveler, Departures, Vinepair, Mashed and more, Emily truly feels like she gets to do the best job in the world. She has a Master's Degree in English Literature from Hofstra University and a Bachelor's Degree in American Literature from Stony Brook University. The love of her life is her husky, Dakota.