Meredith Lepore Meredith Lepore has been a writer and editor for over a decade. Her writing has appeared online in The Observer, Travel + Leisure, Refinery29, Bustle, InStyle.com, and in magazines including Marie Claire, Self, Women's Health, InStyle, and Cosmopolitan. Her work has also been cited in The New York Times and New York Magazine. In addition to travel, Meredith has always had a strong passion for covering topics related to career and entrepreneurship. As well as having served as deputy editor at Ladders, she served as editor-in-chief of the women's career site The Grindstone, and was the director of content at Levo, a jobs networking platform for Millennial women. * 10+ years of experience working as an editor and writer * Received her master's degree in magazine, newspaper and online journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University * Received her bachelor's degree in brain and cognitive science from the University of Rochester * Interviewed several notable personalities, including Arianna Huffington, Sheryl Sandberg, Tory Burch, Priyanka Chopra, Venus Williams, Whitney Wolfe, Sara Blakely, Olivia Munn, Mark Duplass, and Lupita Nyong'o 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