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Author Melissa Goldin

Melissa Goldin

Melissa is a writer and editor from Brooklyn, N.Y. who is currently living in South America. She most recently worked in the communications department of The Berkeley Carroll School in Park Slope and has interned at multiple print, broadcast, and digital media organizations. Besides traveling and writing, she enjoys reading, biking, and assembling IKEA furniture. You can contact her at goldin.melissa@gmail.com or learn more about her at melissagoldin.com.

Not a Visitor, But Not a Local: How My Temporary Life Abroad Became My Own Microcosm of Reality

The gas was out of commission when I first arrived at my Airbnb in Cόrdoba, Argentina, but a week (and many cold showers) later it was running at full capacity again, which meant I finally had to face my...

My Solo, South American Adventure Taught Me I Hate Being Rootless…Here’s How I Saved It

It has taken all of my concentration not to cry for the past hour so I immediately break down when a well-meaning Australian woman, who is on my full-day tour of Cusco’s Sacred Valley, asks where I’m from...