Grace Gavilanes Title: Writer-Editor Education: Hofstra University Grace Gavilanes is a freelance writer-editor who has covered a wide range of topics—from celebrity news and beauty to food, wellness, and travel—for close to a decade.Highlights: Former People magazine editor turned digital editorial strategist.Led marketing and editorial copy at Vital Proteins.Worked with beauty brands like Sunday Riley, Youth to the People, and Prose. Experience As a former magazine editor turned digital editorial strategist, Grace has held leadership positions at award-winning media publications and highly regarded CPG brands—both in full-time and freelance capacities. After 3.5 years at People.com, where she served as associate editor, Grace transitioned to the brand side of things, leading marketing and editorial copy at Vital Proteins, and lending her expertise to beauty brands like Sunday Riley, Youth to the People, and Prose. Her writing has been published in InStyle, Food & Wine, Glamour, and Mic, among other outlets. Education Grace Gavilanes has a B.A. in Print Journalism and English Literature from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. 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