I was carrying between $10,000 and $30,000 in debt when I took my first international trip using credit card points. Not because I was being irresponsible — because I refused to believe that living well had to wait until everything was paid off. I learned how to use the points I was already earning from everyday spending to travel internationally, and then I helped people close to me do the same thing.

That experience became Broke to Boarding Pass — a debt payoff planner that doesn’t tell you to stop living — and Points to Paradise, the guide I wish someone had handed me when I was staring at a Chase portal with no idea what I was doing.

Then my parent’s health changed overnight. Suddenly I was also a caregiver — managing medications, doctor appointments, insurance paperwork, and someone else’s daily needs while still trying to hold together my own life. I’m still in it. And I couldn’t find anything that actually helped me get organized fast, so I built it myself.

That’s The Boujee Duck in 2026. A travel blog that grew up. Real trips. Real money advice. Real caregiving resources. All of it written by someone who’s living all three simultaneously — and refusing to let any of them stop the others.