Samantha McGowan

Samantha was leading a pretty typical life, maintaining a high GPA at a top notch college, dating her high school sweetheart, dreaming of being a CEO of a large corporation, until it was all shattered in a matter of moments. The culprit? Heartbreak, of course. Because don't all stories with a happy ending start with some sort of heartbreak? At first it didn't look like there would be a happy ending. She was drowning. But then, one day almost a year later, she woke up and decided to take back her life. Now Samantha is traveling the world without a plan, living out of a backpack, moving from country to country on a whim, and discovering what really makes her happy. Along the way, Samantha laughs loudly, writes everything down at www.samanthamcgowan.com, talks to strangers, consumes more than the recommended number cups of coffee each day, and pets every dog that will let her.