About the Author
Ester M. Pereira, Ph.D. is a tourism professional who has travelled to more than 125 countries in all seven continents as lecturer, consultant, expedition leader, and as a tourist herself. Firsthand experience of dif-ferent cultures and wild places has given her an awareness of the world’s diversity and a perspective over several decades of how peo-ple and places have changed.
This knowledge is something she has enthusiastically shared with her students as an instructor of sustainable tourism, as well as with the travel companies with which she has collaborated. She endeavors to inspire young readers’ curiosity about the world, its peoples, and its natural wonders through Mariana, the series’ main character. A native of Portugal, Ester now makes her home in St. Augustine, Florida where she lives with her husband and his chickens.
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