Staff Feature Lidia Philippe Noel

Name & Title: Lidia Philippe Noel, Program Manager Dominican Republic

Hometown: Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic

Years at Offbeat Travel: 6 years

What do you like to do in your free time?

Travel, Walk, Write and Read

What is your favorite spot to travel to in your home country?

Samana and Las Terrenas

Wants is your favorite international destination?

Ollantaytambo, Peru

What is the favorite aspect of your job at Offbeat Travel?

Travel and Community

What sets Offbeat Travel apart from other places you have worked? The work environment and community

What do you like the most about working with students and teachers?

The opportunity to hear ideas from others and share mine.

Why is travel important to every education?

Because it allows you to see the world in different ways and helps you improve your general perception of things

What is your favorite / most meaningful aspect of your culture that you like to expose travelers to?

Those things that google does not show you, the people with passion and great ideas who are slowly changing the things that are wrong through education and work, homemade food and our hidden natural riches.

What does decolonizing travel mean to you?

Believing in local people, knowing that real change comes from the inside out, involving locals in everything that is done to make things better, and knowing that the communities where we work can continue to grow even after we leave with the projects we carry out together