Marie
High

Marie was born and raised in Michigan to a family of travelers who spent time exploring on school breaks. Loving all things cultural immersion, food, and travel, Marie majored in International Studies and Sociology at the University of Michigan. Post graduation, she indulged in another passion - as a florist and event planner - while the world recuperated from Covid. After a year of staying still, she moved to Italy to exercise her Italian and dive into small town Italian culture. She studied at the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Bra, Piedmont, where she ate her way through Italy and beyond. Her schooling culminated in an internship, where she moved to the Ligurian coast and worked in an Italian-speaking seaside restaurant as a chef and waitress. After completing her degree, she once again packed only what fit in her trusty suitcase, and moved to NYC to join the Local Foreigner team.