Gisella Tan Gisella Tan is a freelance journalist and content strategist based in Boulder, Colorado, with roots in Hong Kong and Singapore. She writes op-eds and features on Asian American issues, immigrant identities, Gen Z trends, and everything in between. Her work has been featured in Vice Motherboard, The Independent, Gen by Medium, Huffington Post, Travel + Leisure, The Bold Italic, The Lily, South China Morning Post, and more. By day, Giselle writes for tech and e-commerce platforms and develops marketing strategies for brands. When she’s not crafting pithy ads, she can be found adding sassy stickers and original illustrations to her successful e-commerce store. About Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure, a Dotdash Meredith Brand, is a top travel media brand with a mission to inform and inspire passionate travelers. Our expert team includes a network of hundreds of writers and photographers across the globe, all providing a local eye on the best places to stay, eat, and explore. We reach an audience that takes 76 million round trips annually, offering valuable travel tips, ideas and inspiration, and products you need to get you to your destination — whether it’s a small town or big city, beach or lake, national park or theme park, road trip, cruise, or long-haul flight, and everything in between. Learn more about us and our editorial process