Kellie McIntyre is an author, speaker, and traveler. Her quest for culture and adventure has taken her to 50 countries across seven continents. In 2013, Kellie and her family packed one suitcase each and embarked on a DIY journey around the world. Now she challenges others to travel boldly.
Kellie’s YA travel memoir, THE PASSPORT PROJECT: TWO SISTERS DITCH MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR A LIFE-CHANGING JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD, is based on their five-month global “ed-venture.”
Uniquely written from her daughters’ perspectives, this EAT PRAY LOVE meets DORK DIARIES family adventure reveals the lessons learned when two middle schoolers and two middle-agers trade their suburban bubble for the world.
Sharing her family’s personal experiences, Kellie speaks to groups and schools about the impact of experiential travel on cultural intelligence (CQ).
When their daughters were young, Kellie and her husband set a goal to explore six continents together before the girls finished high school. This mission—to give their daughters a global education using the world as their classroom—led to two family sabbaticals.
Her family’s “ed-ventures” include:
- Camping in Antarctica and with an indigenous tribe in Panama
- Dancing with the long-neck women of Myanmar and dining with acid-attack survivors in India
- Paragliding over the Swiss Alps and bungee jumping in New Zealand
- Hiking Peru’s Inca Trail and Namibia’s epic dunes
- Scuba diving with giant mantas in the Maldives and snorkeling with giant seahorses in the Galapagos
- Meditating with a monk in Vietnam and observing cremations on the holy Ganges in India
- Being kicked out of a souvenir shop in Italy and kicked out of China
Kellie holds a BA from Western Kentucky University and a Master of Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, but her worn passport has provided her most valuable education. Kellie shares her tips for planning and surviving global family (mis)adventures at 4WornPassports.com.
Kellie splits her time between the hills of Alabama, the mountains of Colorado, and the nooks-and-crannies of the world.
To learn more about their travel philosophy and why they made family travel a priority, be sure to visit the About Us page.
