Melissa Cicci is editor of Beyond Doorways Travel. Melissa believes that respect for others' language and culture is our most important responsibility when traveling. A simple "thank you" or "good morning" in the indigenous language goes a long way toward mutual understanding.

Melissa earned a B.A. in Spanish and an M.A. in International Affairs from the George Washington University, and later spent many years working in the field of international textile/apparel trade policy. After calling the East Coast home for most of her life, she now lives with her family in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Sue Kowalski has been an attorney, founder of an international adoption agency, and more recently, a travel agent. She combines her love of travel with her knowledge of several foreign languages, in an effort to reach out beyond organized group tours and connect with people in each country she visits. Sue obtained her BA in French from Mt. Holyoke College, and her JD in law from University of Santa Clara. She and her husband reside in the Silicon Valley area of California.
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Jeanne Tasker has hiked the woods of New York's Adirondacks, the 14,000-foot peaks of Colorado, New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo mountains, Germany's Black Forest, France's Belle Isle and the lush valleys of the Dordogne. In this issue, she looks back on her recent pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain. A former early childhood teacher, active community leader, mother of five and grandmother to seven, Jeanne is now planning her next adventure, to Corsica.
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Susan Begy is a fine artist whose compelling work in contemporary realism has been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions across the country, and in several corporate and private collections. Her artist's eye on Prague drew her to the newly opened Franz Kafka Museum. Always seeking new challenges in both her life and work, Susan this Fall will begin an MFA program at New York's School of Visual Arts. She currently lives with her family in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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