Mia Taylor Mia Taylor is an award-winning journalist who has worked as a staff member or contributor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Boston Globe, TheStreet, TravelPulse, Bankrate, MSN, Real Simple, Better Homes & Gardens, Health, and Parents. She has more than a decade of travel writing experience and is the recipient of nine travel writing awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association for her coverage of topics such as sustainable travel, climate change, wildlife conservation, and the inhumane treatment of elephants in the travel industry. As a single mom, Mia also writes about traveling the world with her son and how to travel on a budget.• Won nine travel writing awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association• Part of a team of KPBS reporters that received the national Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism in 2011• Former senior staff writer for TravelPulse• Former luxury travel and luxury lifestyle writer for TheStreet• Received a master’s degree in journalism and media studies• Member of the American Society of Authors and Journalists 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