Meet a Digital Nomad

With: Kate Shifman,  Co-Living Founder Kate is a passionate advocate of a location independent lifestyle and personal growth through connection and wellness. She is a regular keynote speaker, panelist, and writer on remote work and location independence. After 10+ years in the corporate world, Kate moved to Portugal where she is building products designed to help others live their lives more fully...

With: Pele Weber, Co-Founder of Coliving.frilingue My name is Pele and I do summer language camps for kids in Switzerland, rural coliving, ski & family workations, and ski-hostel.com. I love hiking, skiing, ski mountaineering, snowboarding, surfing, chess, culture, literature, languages, meeting people, community and new ideas! I live between Switzerland, Brazil, Montenegro and Bansko where we...

With: Robert Istok,  Senior Software Engineer I have a curious mind, and adventurous spirit and put an emphasis on holistic health. I’ve been living a location-independent lifestyle since 2019, working mainly as a software engineer. I love connecting deeply with people, having mind-expanding conversations, and spending lots of time in nature.

With: Fedor Ikelaar, Stand-Up Comedian Fedor Ikelaar is a Dutch nomad comedian that has been performing across the globe from Kathmandu to Cape Town. Transforming his world-travelled experience, from growing up in both the Netherlands and France to traveling the world into absurd but relatable comedy. Check out Fedor's website at https://fedorcomedy.com/ You can find Fedor on Instagram at @fed...

With: Camille Poire,  Marketing manager Camille “quit her life” to travel the world in 2013 and has since visited 50+ countries as a location-independent writer, editor, and marketing manager. In 2019, she bought a part-time home base in the mountains of Bansko, Bulgaria with her boyfriend - and has now invested in a second property there. She currently works as an Affiliate Marketing Manager for...

With: Andrea Rod, Project Coordinator Andrea worked in Operations and Projects in the Finance industry. She has always believed in the importance of financial literacy and is now travelling the world and exploring the freedom and options available through

With: Linda Ris, Travel Tourism and Education Entrepreneur I am a freelancer working in the tourism and education sectors. Right now I'm the marketing manager of a travel company in 4x4 rooftent adventures, I assess EU youth exchange fund requests and I am a travel advisor for Nepal. When I have time available, I volunteer for other projects.

With: Jessie Faber,  Functional Health Practitioner, Researcher, Writer, Lifestyle Design Experiment, World Traveler, and Nomad Jessie Faber is a Functional Health Practitioner, Researcher, Writer, and Full-Time Nomad. After suffering from years of debilitating chronic illness and running the gamut of conventional and alternative medicine without relief, she knew she had to take matters into her o...

With: Lucy York, Fiction editor I’m a fiction editor. I help authors to get their manuscripts into shape for self-publishing or to submit to agents and publishers. I specialise in adult romance, adult fantasy and young adult fiction. My goal is not just to help writers to better their manuscripts, but also to equip them with knowledge and techniques to hone their writing craft. I have been editing...

With: Zack Young,  Coach & Therapist , Founder of A Place To Be Human My name is Zack Young,   I work with individuals and organisations as a coach, therapist & consultant. I’m also founder of  A Place To Be Human  a mental health practice & digital community dedicated to solving some of the universal challenges we face in the modern world. I’m a Fellow of Coaching at the  McLean Hospi...

With: Adela Alonso Alonso,   Brand strategist & open innovation consultant, Speaker & Author Adela is a Spanish-born brand strategist and open innovation consultant, speaker, and author with over 15 years of international and intercultural experience. Fuelled by a strong passion for positive impact and sustainable development, she works with brands going from international retail giants to...

With: Steven Appleton, Online business owner & Entrepreneur Steve had a 25-year career as a professional entitlement planner, before starting an online drop ship store selling electric bikes. After 6 years, Steve recently sold his business and moved to Thailand.

With: Kevin Ohashi, CEO of Review Signal and Portugal.com Kevin operates Review Signal, the largest web-hosting review site. They have the largest database of reviews and also the most in-depth performance benchmarks for WordPress hosting. He also operates Portugal.com, an English-language travel and tourism guide to Portugal.

With: Jo Sprague, App Developer & Business Owner I make apps in the domains of science, the environment and humanitarian work. I'm passionate about the planet and the people on it, so in my free time I'm also working on projects like Campfire to help people connect and share their stories.

With: Caroline Dupont,  Traveller & Backpacker Third culture French girl travelling around the world after living in Paris for 5 years doing strategy in consulting firms. Shifting from a very normal life I am now a backpacker doing some soul searching, exploring new places and cultures.

With: Norm Bour, Chief Analog Nomad at Travel Younger My wife and I left the US in 2019 and have been on the road ever since. When I realized that nothing was keeping me in Southern California, and since it was so expensive, I decided I needed to see the world—before it was too late. For six weeks we traveled Spain and Portugal, all the while asking ourselves, “Can we do this?” Since leaving we ha...

With: Mary Grace Nguyen, Freelance Copywriter Mary Grace Nguyen is a tech freelance copywriter. She has over 9+ years experience in content creation and copywriting for big tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Amazon and Apple. She has particular expertise with social media platforms ranging from LinkedIn, TikTok and Instagram. She began her digital nomad career in 2021 and been working remotely...

With Joana Glória, Lagos Digital Nomads Founder.  When asked to describe her biggest motivators in life, it comes at no surprise that our founder Joana Gloria had responded with networking and travel. Having the ability to work on her own projects and vision, as well as the freedom to work from anywhere, were what prompted Joana to start her own business. After graduating from the Universidad...

With: Jordan Carroll, Author, Speaker and Career Coach Jordan Carroll, aka The Remote Job Coach, creates content, courses, and coaching programs to help high performers learn a process to land legitimate remote jobs and gain more freedom and flexibility in their lives. He's worked remotely since 2013 in different capacities: for a Fortune 50 company, multiple start-ups, and his own businesses. His...

With: Alex Van Den Elsen, Founder of Coworking Antalya Alex is a business coach helping small entrepreneurs to grow bigger by being strategic about their marketing and sales. As a digital nomad, he thought Antalya, Turkey deserves to grow into a hub for nomads and started Coworking Antalya and an active DN community around it.

With: Liran Zablo, Content Manager I've been drop-shipping for over 5 years (and still doing it). I started as a customer of AutoDS, and today I also work there full-time, managing their content department (blogs, videos, courses, Social Media, and more).

With: Anna Mazurek, Travel blogger Anna Mazurek is a freelance travel photographer and writer. She has a master’s degree in photojournalism from the University of Missouri. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications including the Washington Post, Texas Monthly, AFAR, the Wall Street Journal and Rolling Stone. She has also done corporate work for clients like Facebook. She is a photo instru...

With: Taylor Yona, Spiritual Teacher and Podcast Host Taylor Yona is a spiritual teacher, podcast host, and content creator dedicated to helping her followers find their truth and live by it. She hosts online workshops, group programs and coaches clients 1:1 on how to build the courage to follow their intuition. Her solo podcast that where she shares deep spiritual lessons through her travels and...

With: Ryan Ferguson and Amanda Kingsmith, Podcast Hosts and Digital Nomads Amanda and Ryan are the hosts of The World Wanderers podcast. They’ve been traveling together since 2011 and have been location independent since 2015. They’ve traveled to over 65 countries and now call Mexico home, where they live and travel with their baby girl, Louise.

With: Tulik and Shahar, Digital Nomads It can be very tempting to quit your job, sell everything and just go. But is this really a good idea? Perhaps for a backpacker but for a digital nomad, it is a great idea to have a job or stable clients before you hit the road. Join us for an insightful talk with Tulik and Shahar about why it’s important to find a job before becoming a digital nomad.