The Queen of Trips

08/20/2026

If you’re seeing this and something in you is saying “I wish I could,” keep reading.

That was me. Nobody in my family traveled beyond going to see our extended family in Colombia.

But my dream has always been to see the world.

My dream of seeing the world wasn’t really rejected in my house, it just didn’t exist.

There was no version of a woman like me in my family, standing in a canyon in Kazakhstan, or anywhere else in the world, so I never pictured it.

And that’s the thing about a dream nobody around you has. It stays invisible until you see one person who looks like you doing it.

One time.

After that it moves from impossible to pending. The saving, the planning, the pricing it out, all of that comes later.

But nobody prices out a trip she can’t picture.

So this isn’t about me.
It’s your one time.

And it’s not just one Latina. It’s two of us, two flags, in the middle of Central Asia.

Whatever your version of Kazakhstan is, that’s the dream I’m talking about.

Feliz Día Nacional de la Latina, Viajeras.

Now go and live out your dreams!! Besos from Kazakhstan 🇰🇿

07/24/2026

A work call ate part of my day off, so I took my bad mood to a pottery wheel in Chattanooga during my visit for WITS Travel Creator Summit by Wanderful.

Scenic City Clay Arts is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that hands clay to anyone. Classes for every age and skill level, studio memberships, and outreach programs across southeast Tennessee and north Georgia. Most classes need zero experience, which is good, because I had exactly that.

The wheel does not care about your deadlines. You either slow down or the clay goes sideways. I slowed down.

I made a jewelry / trinket dish. It’s crooked. I love it. You can judge… I don’t care

07/17/2026

I was not originally sold on a weekend in Chattanooga. 
It was nothing personal, I just could not picture it after having been twice before for work. 

WITS, the Women in Travel Summit moves to a new city every year, and honestly when I started to plan the tours I would take and saw the range of activities, I got excited about this conference.

Whitewater rafting on the Ocoee. An entire cave system hiding inside Raccoon mountain. Murals, rooftop views, speakeasies and a downtown area to explore on foot.

I came for the yearly reunion with my friends Taima Ramsey✨Affordable Luxury Travel & Lifestyle for 9-5ers D I A N A | LATINA TRAVEL CONTENT CREATOR ✈️ Avagail 🇵🇭🇺🇸 Travel & San Francisco Bay Area and I left thinking of the trip back to Chattanooga. 

Which city won you over after you had already decided it would not? 
I want to hear it.

The full guide, including how to do every bit of this without a car, is on the blog: thequeenoftrips.com/weekend-in-chattanooga/

Chao and Happy Travels 💋

WITS Travel Creator Summit by Wanderful
Visit Chattanooga

07/09/2026

I went to Chattanooga for a travel conference and ended up staying 9 days. I never rented a car.

I had been to Chattanooga before, but always for work, so my experience with this city was going straight from hotel to offices and not much else.

When it was announced as this year's host city for WITS, I side-eyed the choice. BUT then the city showed me a great time.

There is a free downtown shuttle that took me to many points of interest, a train that climbs the side of Lookout Mountain, a haunted hotel that has been running since 1872, and a few great rooftop bars I enjoyed making memories with friends I see once a year, things I had never seen when I visited for work

My new guide covers the whole thing: where I stayed, what a mostly car-free weekend actually looks like, what things cost, and what I would skip. Written for women solo travelers but useful for anybody. Make sure to read it and share with a friend and maybe consider visiting Chattanooga on your next trip to Tennessee. It will be worth it.

Is Chattanooga worth visiting? A car-free solo weekend guide after 9 days: itinerary, safety, where to stay, and a night in a train car. Plan yours here.

06/18/2026

My sister and I have dreamt of going to a World Cup at least once in our lives. But we’ve been doing this since we were kids. The jerseys, the tailgates, the yelling at the screen when Colombia scores and the silence when they don’t. Two girls from Miami and Medellín que se ponen la camiseta con mucho orgullo ❤️.

Colombia is playing right now and you already know we’ll both be watching, screaming at the TV in two languages. Haciendole fuerza al equipo.

2030 is in Spain, Portugal and Morocco. I dream that the next one will be the two of us in the stands instead.

Who are you rooting for in this World Cup?

06/12/2026

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05/29/2026

WITS is the largest gathering of women travel creators in the world and the premier event for travel's top marketing talent. This will be my 5th year attending.

If you will be in Chattanooga this week, I would love to meet you!


Visit Chattanooga

04/20/2026

Which masterclass would you have been first in line
for??
Ulta Beauty World's Masterclass in Orlando was packed, but everything moved along. Lines were long, the room was full, and it still felt somewhat organized.
Each session lasted about 20 minutes, 9 in total.
Jonathan Van Ness
Anastasia Beverly Hills
Medicube
Cecred
HalfMagic Beauty
Morphe Brushes
Natasha Denona
Saje Wellness
Snif
and the energy in that room was real.

People showed up ready.
But this unboxing? That was the moment.
An iHome vanity case filled with a gift from each brand.
I opened it and just paused for a second.
And then seeing Anastasia in action to close things out... yeah, that stayed with me. She is a master of her craft!
So tell me, If you had to pick:
JVN or Cécred?

AnastasiaBeverlyHills
BeautyMasterclass

04/20/2026

💥Which masterclass would you have been first in line for??

Ulta Beauty World’s Masterclass in Orlando was packed, but everything moved along. Lines were long, the room was full, and it still felt somewhat organized.

Each session lasted about 20 minutes, 9 in total. Jonathan Van Ness
Anastasia Beverly Hills
Medicube
Cecred
HalfMagic Beauty
Morphe Brushes
Natasha Denona
Saje Wellness
Snif
and the energy in that room was real.

People showed up ready.
But this unboxing? That was the moment.
An iHome vanity case filled with a gift from each brand.

I opened it and just paused for a second.
And then seeing Anastasia in action to close things out… yeah, that stayed with me. She is a master of her craft!

So tell me, If you had to pick:
JVN or Cécred?

AnastasiaBeverlyHills
BeautyMasterclass