Our Mission
Meet the Team
(Founder)
Jodie Smith
Jodie was born and raised in Jupiter, FL and after spending much of her life in Florida she decided to move across the world to teach English in Asia.
After many years of traveling and teaching overseas she came back to America and decided to give California a try and settled in San Francisco. She loved San Francisco but did not like the rent prices so she decided to give up her apartment and focus on planning trips overseas and lives everywhere and nowhere.
(Operations)
Rebecca
Rebecca hails from small-town Iowa and has been with Globe Drifters since 2016. She studied in Paris and Vienna, spent a decade living in South Korea, a few years in Cuba, and another couple of years doing the digital nomad thing.
She speaks English, French, and Spanish, along with conversational Korean and German, and handles much of the day-to-day operations and trip details that happen behind the scenes.
Outside of work, Rebecca loves running races, spicy food, doting on her cats, and reading restaurant menus to figure out where she’s going to travel to next.
(Trip Host)
Monica
Mónica is from Portugal and is the newest addition to the Globe Drifters team. Before becoming a professional traveler, she lived in seven different countries, but don’t ask her to choose her favorite one!
She loves embracing the local way of life, tries to stay curious, and to learn something new wherever she goes. You can chat with her in Portuguese, English, French, or Spanish. Or if you’re patient enough, even a little in Italian!
Whenever she’s traveling, there’s a good chance she’s either chasing the perfect sunset or sitting in a local restaurant, enthusiastically working her way through the menu in the name of “research”.