Alessandra Bergamin is a journalist and photographer from Melbourne, Australia.

Over the course of her undergraduate degree, she completed a minor in anthropology, a concurrent Diploma in Modern Languages, volunteered in Kenya, studied abroad in Italy, wan an exchange student in California, learnt Spanish in Guatemala and undertook an internship in Nicaragua.

Needless to say, she is passionate about travel and currently resides in Northern California where among many other things, she is an intern at the environmental magazine, Bay Nature.

Trekking from Xela to Lake Atilan, Guatemala.

Alessandra is  passionate about humanitarian issues, the environment, human rights and the preservation of traditional culture and language.

In her spare time she learns Arabic and writes for the travel blog, The Backpacker Collective.