Journalist Jenzia Burgos in Porto, Portugal
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from a cubicle to collecting stories around the world.

Jenzia is a journalist who left the traditional newsroom behind to work from wherever she wants. After years in corporate media, she decided to prove you don't have to choose between your career and seeing the world. Here you'll find dispatches from a former desk warrior, honest travel advice, and stories that show you how to turn that "someday" trip into reality.

welcome

from a cubicle to collecting stories around the world.

Jenzia is a journalist who left the traditional newsroom behind to work from wherever she wants. After years in corporate media, she decided to prove you don't have to choose between your career and seeing the world. Here you'll find dispatches from a former desk warrior, honest travel advice, and stories that show you how to turn that "someday" trip into reality.

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Collage of travel blogger and journalist Jenzia Burgos at the 2026 NFL Melbourne Game between the LA Rams and San Francisco 49ers, posing in Rams gear in front of "2026 NFL Melbourne Game" signage, with the packed stadium and football field in the background, text overlay reads "NFL Abroad."
A day of kangaroo burgers, Mexican mariachi, and 100,000 people doing the wave.
Best Teaching Programs in Spain title graphic with Jenzia, dressed in white, walking through Plaza de España in Seville, alongside logos for MEDDEAS, Programa BEDA, and the Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional.
Living abroad and getting paid to do it? These programs in Spain will make it happen.
Chalkboard classroom with text overlay reading 'Is NALCAP Worth It? The Good, Bad & Ugly of Spain's Auxiliar de Conversación Program,' with erasers resting on the chalk tray below.
The good, bad, and ugly of Spain's Auxiliar de Conversación Program.
Jenzia posing with a panda puppet in her Spanish primary school classroom for a blog post on the honest reality of teaching English in Spain.
What a year as a NALCAP language assistant actually looked like in Sevilla, Spain.

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