Penchant for independent travel, adventure and getting to know different cultures "from the bottom-up" (see her Weblog: hilarykaiser.wordpress.com/ )
Originally from the U.S. but more than half her life spent in France, she has also lived in China and Ireland for a year and has spent several months in both Mexico and Guatemala.
Visits to some 80 countries around the world on 5 continents (see her Travel Blogs and her travel articles in the press )
Voluntary work with orphans in Shanghai, China and indigenous children in Guatemala.
Habitat for Humanity builds in South Africa and Hungary.