A former editor at Conde Nast Traveler, Fodor's, NYC & Company, and Travel Agent, Stasha is now an award-winning author, freelance travel writer, and content writer who has been to 64 countries and all 50 U.S. states. Stasha is a member of SATW and writes travel articles, guidebooks, tourism marketing content, social media posts, and more for clients including consumer outlets, tourism boards, and tour operators. She is the author of Secret Connecticut (Reedy Press, 2021), which tells 84 I-didn't-know-that stories about the state. She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut, just outside of Manhattan, and her interests include culture, food, art, history, and family travel. She has received writing awards from the National Federation of American Press Women and the Connecticut Press Club.
Networking, professional development, engagement leads
The U.S.: I've been to all 50 states and am humbled and awed by its beauty and how many stories it has to tell.
St. Petersburg, Russia; Bhutan; the Baltics
Editorial Assistant at Conde Nast Traveler
What outlets would be good matches for my content and how to approach them
Knowledge, understanding, peace
My book Secret Connecticut: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure sees a spike in purchases after I do media. The greatest bumps happened after my two times on the state's most-listened-to morning radio show. When librarians read about my doing a... show more