Marlene Goldman is an award-winning San Francisco-based freelance writer focusing for more than 25 years on travel, sustainability and wellness. She writes for a variety of publications including San Francisco Chronicle, Corporate & Incentive Travel and Trade Show Executive and has contributed to BBC Travel and Prevue, among other outlets. Goldman has traversed all seven continents, often with trekking gear in tow, reaching the heights of everywhere from K2 base camp in Pakistan to Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro. When she isn’t traveling or writing, she is teaching yoga.