A Healthy Dose of Adventure

Emily Grund is a junior studying journalism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She chose journalism due to her passion for writing and curiousity in the world around her. She also has a new found passion in photography that sparked from a travel writing and photojournalism class at UMass which then led to a photography internship at Gloucester Daily Times in Gloucester, Massachusetts. She has also experienced editorial internships at Capital Community News in Wellington, New Zealand and FamilyFun Magazine in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Emily is also an avid traveler and adventurer. In 2005, after graduating from Rockport High School in Rockport, Massachusetts, Emily took an interim year also commonly known as a “gap” year in between high school and college. She participated in a program called Global Routes where she traveled to Thailand and taught English, lived with a host family, and explored the culture and country with her group. Next she went to New Zealand where she held her first journalism internship and lived with a community of other travelers in Wellington. Finally, she made her last stop in Sydney, Australia to visit friends, explore the city, and skydive. Emily has also traveled to France, Mexico, Canada, and Sicily and has partaken in other adventurous activities such as parasailing, rock climbing, snorkeling, surfing, and hiking.

In terms of this blog, she hopes to show readers how to stay healthy both physically and mentally through adventures both local and abroad. Some people, herself included, get discouraged or bored by only working out in a gym. Although she does get a healthy dose of exercise at Planet Fitness, she also feels the need for a healthy dose of adventure.