Author: Julia Lee

Julia is a writer, traveler, and yogini born and educated in the San Francisco Bay Area. Though she has lived in Singapore, Orange County, and New York City, and traveled extensively throughout Asia, she will always and forever call the Bay Area "home." Julia graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a B.S. in Chemical Biology, and proceeded to work in the biotech industry, growing billions of bacteria, infecting cells with viruses, and preparing Powerpoint presentations. After spending years pipetting away at the laboratory bench and later studying in medical school study corrals, Julia embarked on a 2.5-month solo backpacking trip to India, where she studied yoga, meditation, and Buddhism. This first backpacking experience, while thrilling, left her with a weakness for South Asian street snacks, an everlasting gratitude for California sunshine, and a deep appreciation for the prevalence of toilet paper and clean water in her homeland. Besides wandering the world, she reads voraciously, practices yoga, and dreams about her next trip abroad.