Carmen Bellos believes traveling to other continents is the ultimate opportunity to gain insight, empathy, and appreciation for cultures that may be vastly different from her own.

A natural outcome of her beliefs includes the desire to find opportunities to work with non-profit agencies that assist refugees with assimilating to their new country and its contrasting culture.

Carmen hopes writing about her travels, with its stumbles and triumphs, will connect with the explorer imagination of others.

Carmen currently resides in Valencia, Spain.

Solas Award Winner