Jean Mitchell-Lanham has traveled and lived in many parts of the world. She is becoming a "serial pilgrim" having done the Camino de Santiago 4 times, the Holy Land, Fatima, and Rome to name just a few. She has a PhD in Romance Languages with a concentration in Spanish Medieval Literature. When not traveling, she enjoys martial arts, underwater photography and walking with her Dalmatian through the hills and forests in the state of Washington where she currently resides.