Erika Bowsher

Erika has called Arkansas home since high school, but she grew up in San Diego before that, and she's lived in some pretty interesting places in the interim! She worked for four years as a child abuse investigator in Texas, and she spent her sophomore and junior years of college in Graz, Austria, where she attended Karl Franzens University. She also spent a summer living in Dusseldorf, Germany, for an intensive language program. She has two BAs, in International Studies and German, and she is fully bilingual (English and German). Her time in Austria is where she developed a real love of travel, and she spent almost every weekend exploring other European destinations. To this day, Austria remains her favorite place to visit. Outside of working and traveling, Erika spends her time cooking and gardening. In the spring and fall, she is a keen hiker, camper, and backpacker—anything that takes her into the great outdoors. In addition to Austria, Erika has loved her trips to Peru and Egypt, places she had wanted to visit since childhood. She cannot wait to eventually travel to more Asian destinations, including Mongolia and other countries in Central Asia, and she also yearns to take off on a safari adventure. She only needs to travel to Australia and Antarctica to have visited all seven continents, but she's currently trying to muster the courage to make the Drake Passage crossing!