Erika Veurink Title: Writer Education: FIT, Bennington College Location: Brooklyn, NY Erika Veurink has an MFA from Bennington and has been writing about beauty, fashion, lifestyle, travel, and home for more than four years. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Erika grew up in the Midwest and still enjoys ample time in the heartland. Every trip includes scouting the local vintage scene for the best of the region's secondhand fashion, which she reports on in her newsletter, Long Live. She loves to pack light and leave space for the best kind of souvenir, an article of clothing with a story.Highlights:Graduated with an MFA from Bennington College.Erika is a regular contributor at Vogue, The Cut, AD, TZR, and more. Experience Erika has covered travel for outlets such as AD's Clever, TripAdvisor, and The Quality Edit—writing roundups of the region's best lodging, hotel reviews, and guides to the perfect packing list. She has more than five years as a writer, working for various brands and outlets. Plus, she writes her own newsletter all about vintage fashion, called Long Live. A budding traveler, Erika is obsessed with optimizing her travel gear, from the best carry-on tote to tennis shoes that can go from a full day of walking to a five-course dinner. Education Erika studied at FIT as an undergrad and has an MFA from Bennington College. 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