Born to two travel-lovers, Shelbie began her life of adventure in her early teens after her parents chose to homeschool and cart her and her four siblings across the U.S. and the Bahamas. While attending Samford University where she graduated with a degree in English and Geography, Shelbie worked as an intern and editorial contributor for Healthy Travel Magazine and Fit and Well Birmingham. Currently working at a scuba dive shop in Birmingham, Alabama and as a part-time stewardess on private yachts, Shelbie writes freelance, has recently started her own travel blog and is always searching for new travel adventures.