Allison Neves, Freelance Writer

When she's not writing or visiting exotic locales, Allison volunteers for a variety of non-profit organizations, practices pilates, scuba dives, and spends time with best friend and husband, Travis. With parents from San Salvador and Hong Kong, Allison has made a personal commitment to reconnect with her roots by traveling extensively throughout Latin America and Asia. 

The San Francisco native is a past recipient of The Communicator Award's Award of Excellence, The NAPS Golden Thinker Award and the Bulldog Reporter's Award of Excellence for Media Relations and Publicity. She is an active member of San Francisco's prestigious Commonwealth Club. Allison regularly contributes travel, health, entertainment and philanthropic articles to a variety of publications. She currently resides in the historic Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco.

Allison's Top 12 Travel Experiences:

1. Walking along the Great Wall of China

2. Making friends with orangutans, bats and leeches in Borneo

3. Diving the Great Barrier Reef

4. Ringing in the Millennium in Rio de Janiero

5. Zip-lining through the rainforest canopies of Costa Rica

6. Visiting Mayan Ruins in Mexico, Belize and Guatemala

7. Meeting her relatives in Hong Kong and El Salvador

8. Safari drives and turtle research during her honeymoon in South Africa

9. Shipwreck diving in the Philippines

10. Enjoying a catamaran ride from Anguilla to St. Barths

11. Exploring the world of the Inka at Machu Picchu

12. Witnessing the Spring Equinox at Chichen Itza