Photos left to right of Nancy, Abbie and Neha provided by the interns.

We’re always looking for talent in our community and in our school. And we never fail to find it.

Just a couple months after the launch of Matador U, more than 200 students have enrolled in our travel writing program.

Three of those students–Abbie Mood, Nancy Harder, and Neha Puntambekar–recently joined the Matador team as editorial interns.

Their active engagement in the U and their solid writing skills drew the attention of the editors, who invited the three women to put all the skills they were learning to practice both behind the scenes and front of house across the Matador Network.

In addition to publishing their writing on Matador, Abbie, Nancy, and Neha will be working on a number of special projects related to social media and community outreach.

To learn more about these exceptional students, you can visit their blogs: Miles of Abbie, Nancy the Gnomette, and The Flying Suitcase.

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About The Author

Julie Schwietert

Julie Schwietert Collazo is a writer, editor, researcher, and translator currently in New York, formerly of Mexico City and San Juan. She is Matador's managing editor and is the lead faculty member of MatadorU's travel writing program.

  • http://theworldistoobig.wordpress.com Matt Scott

    Well done guys, look forward to seeing you around the community.

  • http://musictravelwrite.wordpress.com Michelle

    Hooray, congrats guys!

  • http://donajolie.wordpress.com Dona

    Well deserved and I am so happy to see some travel writing dreams being fulfilled!

  • http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/candicew86 Candice

    Woooot! You guys are fab!

  • joshua johnson

    “Just want to do something special for all the ladies around the world!”
    big ups, no huge ups, no no no, Galatic-supermassive ups to you ladies!

  • Christine

    Look at Abbie go in that pic!

  • http://matadortrips.com/ Hal Amen

    Yeah, Abbie, rock it! And congrats to all 3!

  • http://matadortravel.com/travel-community/simonemarie Simone

    Congrats, ladies! So great how Matador is always finding talent within the community.

  • http://www.adventurerob.com AdventureRob

    Good work Gals!

  • Nick

    Sweet – nice one ladies!!!

  • http://milesofabbie.com Abbie

    Thanks Christine and Hal – I credit my boyfriend for taking the picture :)

  • http://nancythegnomette.com Nancy

    Thanks for the love guys! Stoked to be part of the team.

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