Francis and Oluchi Emelogu are the owners of IGBOLINGO, a company who aims to make it cool and easy to learn the Nigerian language of Igbo through fun and interactive flashcards. A brother-sister pair from Nigeria, Francis and Oluchi immigrated to the United States at a young age, returned to their native country for boarding... Continue Reading →
Tom Lais (he biked around the world…)
Tom Lais has biked around the world. But while growing up in St. Paul, Minnesota, Lais never envisioned gallivanting across country lines on two wheels. Instead, the Twin Cities native preferred trekking off into the woods and making forts. “And I was not very good at sports, so I also did a lot of running,”... Continue Reading →
Marina Iakovleva (Dating Beyond Borders)
To say Marina Iakovleva is a well-traveled individual would be an understatement. Born in Moscow, Marina and her family moved to Canada when she was twelve years old. She then spent the next twenty years of her life there before moving to Portugal last year. Why? “I wanted a simple life,” she tells me via... Continue Reading →