Ross Borden is one of the founding members of Matador. He has lived in Spain, Kenya and Argentina and currently resides in his native San Francisco.

Ben Polansky is one of the founding members of Matador. He has lived in Spain, traveled in Asia and Africa, taught in Central America, and trekked and surfed his way through South America. He lives in San Francisco, where he manages a youth leadership program and travels vicariously through the Matador community.

Eva Holland co-edits Matador Pulse with Julie Schwietert Collazo. She calls Ottawa, Canada home, but lately she hasn’t been there very often.

Lola Akinmade edits Matador Goods.She’s a GIS consultant who moonlights as a writer, photographer, cartoonist, artist, and many more personalities in between . She regularly shuttles between Stockholm and Washington, DC and maintains a personal site - Geotraveler’s Niche at http://www.lolaakinmade.com. Drop her a line if you’ve stumbled across the coolest gear out there.

David Miller is senior editor of Matador. As both a writer and editor, his main goal is publishing stories that, while rooted in a particular place, resonate with people everywhere.

Tim Patterson splits time between his small farm in Vermont and the wilds of Southeast Asia. When in range of a WiFi signal, he co-edits Brave New Traveler and contributes across the Matador Network.

Ian MacKenzie is the founder of Brave New Traveler. He has since taken over managing the network. Aside from writing, designing, and filmmaking, he spends his time exploring the fundamental nature of existence and wishing he did more backpacking.

Christine Garvin is a certified Nutrition Educator and holds a MA in Holistic Health Education. She is co-editor of Brave New Traveler and a featured author at Healthier Talk. When she is not out traveling the world, she is busy writing, doing yoga, and performing hip-hop and bhangra. She also likes to pretend living in her hippie town of Fairfax, CA is like being on vacation. Visit her website.

Tom lives in New York with his television and 14 pairs of socks. He is prone to bouts of Awaysickness and travels often. He knows the only deli in Manhattan that sells Beer Lao but will not disclose the location, for fear of a mass beer run and the subsequent shortage that would follow. He’s also the editor of MatadorLife.

Julie Schwietert Collazo writes, edits, researches, translates, and produces multimedia projects in collaboration with her husband, Francisco Collazo, going wherever a story beckons. She currently lives in Mexico City and New York City. She is the managing editor of Matador. She’s always looking for untold stories… so if you’ve got one, shoot her a line.

Carlo (don’t call him Carlos) is a co-editor at Matador Trips. An ex-Vancouverite who now calls the world his home, he is currently settled in Melbourne where he has a snowball’s chance in hell of watching ice hockey. He and his wife are currently trying to crack the code to sustain the vagabonding life with the least amount of work possible.

Hal is permanently on the road, desperately attempting to maintain that happy balance between freelance employment and the sweet, sweet rewards of slow travel. Co-editor of Matador Trips, he’s currently in South America, bouncing between volunteer opportunities, intensive Spanish courses, and street food stands.

Teresa lives with her husband in Pachuca, Hidalgo, where she writes, teaches English, and desperately misses hummus. She co-edits The Traveler’s Notebook, though she’s really not a traveler so much as someone who hasn’t yet figured out where home is.

Matador Contributing Editor Sarah Menkedick is a freelance writer based in Oaxaca, Mexico. Her writing has appeared in print and online publications, including Literary Traveler, Abroad View magazine, and National Geographic Glimpse. She has traveled, lived, and taught on five continents, and is constantly in pursuit of spicy food, dark beer, and new places to run. Keep up with her on her blog.

Joshua Johnson is a soggy Seattle based adventurer with a penchant for misty mountains and black coffee. He wishes to extend greetings & goodwill to all life in the kosmos and invites everyone out for some sushi. With his super heroine wife, Bridget O’Neill, he founded Confluence Creative Media in ‘07 and is well on his way to taking over the world.

Alan is originally from Los Angeles, CA, but now resides in Florida. Most of his travels have been to throughout the Americas and the Caribbean.

Shawn Hanna is nestled snuggly in the San Francisco Bay Area after quite the jaunt. His recent adventures include chasing monkeys in Costa Rica, eating fried camembert in Eastern Europe, river surfing in the UK, and pretending to be Bob Dylan in France. He digs the forest, the camera, and the pen, and eventually wants to own a goat on his urban farm.

Juliane Huang currently resides in her native California, though she misses living in Asia frequently and unabashedly. Constantly hungry for travel, Juliane tries to squeeze in whatever adventures limited budgets and schedules will allow. In between buying the groceries, getting an oil change, or walking the dog, she dreams of new languages, remote beaches, volcano hikes, and Hindi ceremonies. One day you’ll see her in a Polynesian headdress, learning the dances of their ancestors. One day.