about me
My Story
Hey there! 👋 I'm Ali, an experience designer and researcher on a mission to reshape the future of digital nomad life.
I'm available to partner with nomad-focused organizations, tourism boards, and communities to create meaningful spaces where people forge deeper connections — both to incredible places and to each other.
Think of me as your go-to question-asker, puzzle-solver, and community builder for all things #digitalnomad.
Curious about how I ended up here? Cool, read on...
The Office to Remote Era
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My journey starts where most do, feeling stuck. In this case my "stuck" was in an office in a traditional 9-5 life. I had moved from Washington D.C., where I was a “Jill of All Trades” for an international tech start-up, to a trendy part of Brooklyn, with my own apartment and my “dream” job.
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Spoiler alert: It was not my dream job.
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Despite all this traditional success, I wanted more, or maybe just different.
I had dreams (albeit somewhat cliché ones looking back) of trading in Madison Avenue for Machu Picchu, which I did during the summer of 2014. That marked the last time I would work in an office, or move to a city because a job told me I had to.
The "Go, Go, Go!" Nomad Era
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For the next decade, my work revolved around helping companies and teams work better together, from a company culture and remote work perspective. First, as the Director of People for a fully remote company, then as an independent consultant and author. I did this while nomading full-time and with a base. At one point, I was working a full-time job while traveling to a new country every month!
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Professionally, I rolled out new company benefits while slurping ramen in Tokyo, managed an organization restructure from beaches in Spain, and facilitated leadership meetings from Colombia.
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I realized it was not about where the work was getting done...
but how.
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Personally, I learned a lot about myself: I did some inner work, and discovered what I liked to do for fun, and what my core values are.
I met amazing people, experienced new cultures, and tried new foods!
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I doubled down on remote work during the Covid-19 pandemic. My biggest fear was that if remote work was treated as a scapegoat, others would never be able to experience the personal benefits that make my digital nomad life so special.
Over the past few years, I was named a Top 50 "Remote Accelerator," (2022-2024), a "Top Remote Work Influencer in USA," and a "Must-Follow Remote Work Expert in 2023".
My book, Remote Works, launched as a #1 New Release in Organizational Change & Business Management Science on Amazon.
The Connecting the Dots Era
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And that brings us to today.
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After facing some struggles and feelings of disenchantment with modern business and the people operations field, I grew bored by the "Return to Office" narrative. I grappled with my nomadic identity while having a base in a foreign country, struggling to fit in to the "expat" label.
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I reconnected to my why, and I realized that being a digital nomad is a state of mind heart.
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I realized the power of a community dinner, the feeling of home you can have when you enter a great coliving space, and the unique flutter of excitement when you fall in love with your new surroundings. I've seen how nomads can add value to these places — by enhancing off-season tourism, traveling slower, being intentional, and giving back to local communities.
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Now, I spend my time capturing those feelings and helping design these life-changing experiences for others.
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If you're interested in tapping into the benefits of bringing digital nomads to your coliving, town, or community, get in touch!
Let's Work Together
Are you working on a digital nomad initiative? I would love to get involved. Here are some ways we can work together.
