As you might already know, I’m Casie Tennin—a Career Coach obsessed with living (not working!), a digital nomad and expat based out of Mexico, and your go-to guide for creating a life and career that actually makes you stoked to jump out of bed in the morning, every damn day.

But let’s rewind a bit. My story didn’t start with sandy beaches, salsa dancing, and working remotely from leafy cafés across the globe. Like many of you, I started in a more “traditional” world.

I grew up in the suburbs of New York City, raised with the societal definition of success - get a good job, work hard, make a lot of money, buy a big house, and boom - you've made it.

 

I subscribed to that narrative until I realized "something doesn't feel right". I remember as a senior in college, sitting in a job interview in a fancy marketing agency in NYC. I thought, "I should want this job. Why don't I?"

My soul was never meant for a cubicle. So, I did what none of my peers did, and got a job as an English Teacher in Spain, launched my travel blog A Wandering Casiedilla, and moved to a tiny village in Spain to experience a different part of the world and become fluent in Spanish.

There was no going back.

What was meant to be one year turned to three - my travel blog went viral in Spain, I moved to Madrid, started writing for the Spain Tourism Board and El Pais, and was living the dream. 

But ya can’t tie a wandering soul back - amiright?! So, I took my teaching & writing chops to a totally new adventure - Vietnam!

 

In the coastal city of Da Nang, I managed to get the best expat job in town working as an English Teacher & Cross-Cultural Coach for a Japanese tech company.

 

I was makin’ the big dong (yes, that is the actual Vietnamese currency) but once again, my wandering soul wanted a new adventure - this time, a corporate one.