About GoOverseas.com
GoOverseas.com was started with the simple idea of creating a centralized website to provide the resources required for meaningful travel abroad. That idea has grown and expanded into what you see here, a community driven website of like minded people who are all passionate about teaching, studying and volunteering abroad. GoOverseas.com features a popular 'Help Me Find a Program' forum where users regularly discuss a wide range of travel topics, and a blog community where we have brought together a wealth of overseas travel experiences. We also regularly post insightful articles to help expand the community's knowledge about opportunities to travel abroad. Please join us in our mission to build a great online community for any and all people interested in meaningful travel abroad!
MITCH GORDON
{President and Co-Founder}
Like you, I am passionate about traveling and experiencing different cultures. I first traveled to Taiwan to teach English and instantly fell in love with its friendly people and delicious food. My aim is to model future travel after the motto of this website, "Travel with a Purpose". After participating in a program abroad, make sure to come back and leave a rating and review on this website. User ratings and reviews are the most important resource on Go Overseas, so give back to the community by leaving a review of any program you have participated in.
You can email me at Mitch@GoOverseas.com and follow me on Twitter at @mitchgordongo.
ANDREW DUNKLE
{CTO and Co-Founder}
Andrew is the technical mastermind behind the website and is largely responsible for keeping everything running smoothly. He has traveled extensively throughout his life and considers the US, Australia and Taiwan a three-way home. Recently he has had something of a Latin obsession and is making plans to invade South America. While building the site he discovered a keen interest in travel writing and is now one of the top content contributors to the site. You'll often find him at the beach taking long walks and touching rocks.
You can email me at Andrew@GoOverseas.com and follow me on Twitter at @AndrewOverseas.
TUCKER HUTCHINSON
{Marketing Director}
Tucker is an avid traveler (unsurprisingly) who spent his most recent summer backpacking around Southeast Asia. Working for the site stokes his wanderlust on a daily basis but he's having too much fun collaborating with the rest of the Go team to consider hitting the road again anytime soon. He's a native Californian who made it through 6 years in New York and one in Korea before returning home to the Bay Area. Tucker loves cavorting with friends, food, exploring San Francisco, and hanging out with his family in beautiful Sonoma.
You can email me at Tucker@GoOverseas.com and follow me on Twitter at @tuckeroverseas.
NADIA MUBASHAR
{Website Director}
Nadia spent much of her childhood in Pakistan and hopes to return soon to reconnect with her heritage. She enjoys working with the Go Overseas team and learning about different ways to travel abroad. In her free time, she loves to watch basketball, read history, and attempt to make different ethnic foods.
You can email me at Nadia@GoOverseas.com and follow me on Twitter at @NadiaMubashar.
BRETT MCKAY
{Study Abroad Director}
Native to New England, Brett grew up on the coast of Rhode Island. He left home early to attend a boarding high school in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Excelling in mathematics from an early age, he went on to get an Applied Mathematics degree from RPI in Albany, NY. After graduating, he and his girlfriend packed the car and moved to the other side of the country. Brett is building a list of places to travel abroad to, but is looking forward to exploring more of California for the time being.
Contact me at Brett@GoOverseas.com
ANDREA MORAN
{Teach Abroad Director}
Andrea Moran is the Marketing Director for Teach Abroad at Go Overseas. She spent her childhood living vicariously through National Geographic, which sparked her interest in journalism and the world. After living in three countries, she now has her eyes set on the wilds of Chile. She loves writing and epic road trips.
You can email me at Andrea@GoOverseas.com and follow me on Twitter at @AndreaM_M.
KATIE BOYER
{Volunteer Abroad Director}
After studying public relations at Cal Poly in beautiful San Luis Obispo, California, Katie is happy to be back in the Bay Area where she grew up. Katie has always been an active volunteer in her community and has recently had the chance to volunteer and live in Peru and Mexico. She is passionate about the outdoors, biking, vegetarianism, feminism, animals, music, writing, and exploring new cultures.
You can email her at Katie@GoOverseas.com and follow her on Twitter at @VolunteeReviews.
SARAH PALMER
{Volunteer Abroad Editor}
Sarah Palmer has researched and educated others about international volunteering for six years. Currently she lives in Washington, DC and works with long-term volunteers adjusting to the return home from their service trips.
Sarah also writes about volunteering abroad on her own site at www.volunteerglobal.com and Tweets at @VolunteerGlobal.
MEGAN LEE
{Study Abroad Editor}
Megan's favorite book growing up was "Letters from Felix," a story about a traveling rabbit and his worldwide tales (tails?). She's been hooked on adventure ever since. Now working in Beijing, she spends her time perfecting her chopsticks skills and hopping on trains headed for new places.
You can follow Megan on Twitter at @peglegmeg for the latest and greatest study abroad content.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. – Mark Twain
Our Current Team of Amazing Interns
JENNIFER KALMBACH
{Social Media Intern}
Jennifer is a Social Media intern at Go Overseas. She was born and raised in Newport Beach, California, and is currently a sophomore at UC Berkeley as an intended Media Studies major. After going to France in 7th grade for a school trip, Jennifer plans to study abroad in Paris the spring semester of her junior year. Jennifer enjoys going to the beach when at home, hiking the Berkeley hills during the school year, and anything involving animals.
RAYA RIOS
{Marketing Intern}
Raya is a Marketing Intern at Go Overseas. She is a native San Diegan who enjoys beautiful weather, California burritos, and a good game of Pictionary. She is currently double majoring in film studies and media studies at UC Berkeley and hopes to learn as much as possible from the Go Overseas staff. Her travel escapades include road trippin’ around North America and memorable trips to China and the Bahamas with her Grandma. Raya looks forward to traveling more after she graduates.
VIDYA KAIPA
{Journalism Intern}
Vidya is an online journalism intern beginning her fourth and final year at Cal. Currently, she has only been to sixteen countries, but she intends to fill her passport with at least eighteen new ones in her post-graduation voyage across the world. She loves photography, blogging, and most of all, talking with people, so she often has found herself in the most bizarre of circumstances (the best kind). Keep an eye on the Go Overseas articles page to see what she might reveal— she hopes you will find some of it helpful as well!
SHABNAM MCFARLAND
{Journalism Intern}
Shabnam McFarland is an Internet Journalist intern at Go Overseas. A San Franciscan born and raised, her love for all things Bay Area lead her to major in American Studies at UC Berkeley. She has a passion for traveling with family and friends; her countries visited count reaches into the teens. She plans on studying and volunteering abroad in Cape Town, South Africa while spreading Northern California love internationally. She prides herself on gaining travel experience at a young age, including a bunch of crazy stories. She hopes to continue to travel during and even more after college.
EUNICE GOPEZ
{Journalism Intern}
Eunice Gopez is a Journalism Intern at Go Overseas. Growing up on Guam has greatly contributed to her love of the sea and the sun and she constantly seeks them out wherever she goes. She likes to consider herself “adequately-traveled”; she’s been to several places in North America, Asia, and Europe but how can she truly be content if she has yet to see every corner of the world? In her free time, she likes to sew dresses, read classic novels, and butcher all sorts of foreign languages with her attempt at an accent.
