✈️ How It All Started

My Journey to Global Citizenship & Expat Life

Like every good pivot story, my journey started in 2020. Well, more like the day I was born, but the courage came when I was sitting in my one-bedroom apartment in the middle of the p*ndemic, desiring less from my life.

Less stress.
Less discord.
Less consumption.

My deepest desire was to purge everything so I could get to what really mattered. Because, for all we knew, the world as we knew it was ending.

You see, I grew up in Western New York to a Black American father and a Trinidadian mother, like a semi–anchor baby. I could get into the classic eldest-daughter-of-immigrant-family trope, but that’s not what you’re here for.

Nope, you’re here for the part where I sell a bunch of sh*t and pack two suitcases to say goodbye to the U.S. and pursue life abroad.

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My Dual Citizenship Vision

As a kid, my late grandfather would say, “Land doh spoil.” Every other summer, we’d return to Trinidad & Tobago to visit my maternal family.

My sister and I are the only grandkids (unusual by Trinibagonian standards), and my grandfather would tell us that everything he ever obtained would one day belong to me and my sister.

I always assumed I’d move to Trinidad in my senior years when I retire, settle, and slow down. Most Caribbean-Americans talk about returning home in that way. But there I was, in 2020, realizing:

1️⃣ Social Security won’t exist in the same way forty years from now.
2️⃣ Waiting until marriage, children, or perfect timing to relocate wasn’t realistic.
3️⃣ And honestly, what did I have to lose by starting now?

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Taking the Leap & the Reality of Relocation

I can’t lie… I went into this journey with a naive perspective. I practically operate on “How hard could it be?” energy.

But when I was faced with the possible collapse of American society, I took stock of what I truly had. And my job, plus the few thousand I managed to save in less than a decade of work, wasn’t gonna cut it when sh*t hit the fan.

But one thing I did know was: “Land doh spoil.”

Whenever I arrived at the airport, though, I was still stuck in the visitor line in my literal motherland.

That’s when I knew: I needed to find a legal pathway, not just a hope. I needed a way to stay long-term, not as a tourist, but as a citizen.

What followed was paperwork, embassy visits, chasing down old birth certificates, and decoding laws that weren’t written with modern women in mind. I learned the difference between a visa, a permit, and a pathway the hard way. And now, I help other women shortcut that learning curve!

Once you learn the system, you realize that expat life isn’t only for the rich or reckless, it’s for the prepared.

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🌍 Introducing Global Citizen by Descent

Global Citizen by Descent is where American women explore the possibility of living abroad without pressure, panic, or perfection.

It’s for women who’ve whispered, “What if I just left?” but don’t know how to make a move toward expat life, a digital nomad lifestyle, or global citizenship.

Here’s what I’ll share:

• How I gained dual citizenship in Trinidad & Tobago and lived there for nearly three years.

• Why I left and began planning my next relocation.

• Stories of business, love, challenges — and how I rebuilt myself in another country.

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How This Works

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All designed to help you plan your path to being a global citizen, not necessarily by descent, but by design.

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Each paid post walks you through the exact steps I took (and the ones I wish I’d known sooner) so you can plan with clarity and confidence. Next post, I’ll show you exactly what happened when I landed in Trinidad and how I turned a 90-day stay into a three-year life chapter.