Golden Hour
That's Emma's favorite time of day. When the sun just barely starts to dip, bathing the whole world in a warmth she can not only feel, but see. It's also a transient moment: Every sunset is unique, and it signifies the brief period between the day and the night. The time where families gather for dinner, entrepreneurs come home from work, children get their last few minutes of television before bedtime. It's an ending, but it's also a beginning. Just as golden hour parts with the afternoon and greets the evening, so individual trips, adventures, and encounters with people are both ephemeral and everlasting. Though the moments that change our lives are just that—moments—they reveal insights, experiences, and connections that will change the way we think and feel. People change us. Moments change us. And though it may be brief, that moment might be the one that turns your life into something you never imagined it could be.
Vision
To create a world with deeper thinkers, braver souls, and equipped creators.
Mission
To inspire people of all ages to travel, create, and make everlasting memories through genuine human connection.
Core Values
Honesty, consistency, professionalism, wit, respect, and a solid sense of humor.
About
A Tiny Tale of a Tiny Person
Emma was born small. The smallest of her friends, the youngest, and the least athletic. She was the runt, and in the words of her loving friend from college, runts are supposed to die. Somehow she beat the odds, navigating a bunch of different schools with nothing but a horrible haircut, a hot temper, and the need to prove that she was more than just small. In 2021, she graduated high school as the fourth in her class, matriculating to Anderson University in South Carolina as an English major. As a member of the Honors College, Emma had multiple concentrations within her major, specializing in creative writing and digital studies. She served as both the nonfiction editor and the Editor-in-Chief of the Ivy Leaves Journal, and her fiction, nonfiction, and poetry pieces were featured in its 2022, 2024, and 2025 volumes. Recipient of two Foothills Writer's Guild awards and the Lawrence and Pansy Webb Excellence in Writing Award, she graduated with a 4.0 GPA and has her sights set on world travel and human connection. Though she might be small, she knows how to find the big things that matter in small moments. And for her, that makes all the difference.
