Marquita Jennings Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Marquita Jennings is a content creator and photographer who is passionate about solo female travel and sustainability. In addition to writing articles for publications like Travel + Leisure and Atlanta Charm Magazine, Marquita frequently shares her travel tips on her YouTube channel, Kita the Explorer. Prior to launching her creative career, Marquita worked as an accountant and business analyst but regularly found herself reaching for her camera to document her adventures. In her spare time, you can find her trying new restaurants in her current home city of Atlanta, learning French, lifting weights, and giving back to her community.• Bylines in Travel + Leisure, Atlanta Charm Magazine, and Fly Mommy Chronicles• Runs a YouTube channel called Kita the Explorer• Volunteer with Trees Atlanta, an organization that helps preserve urban forests 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