Anna Mines graduated from the University of Washington’s Environmental Studies and ethnomusicology programs in 2014. After earning her diploma, she left for a six-week backpacking trip on the beautiful southern Italian coast and then settled in Rome. Today, she’s in studying Italian on a student visa and working to launch a responsible tourism business called Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is (PYMWYMI).
Mines and her business partner Elizabeth Weitz want to promote responsible tourism that’ll help stimulate southern Italy’s struggling economy. The company, which was recently profiled by Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls, is now raising funds through Monday, September 5, 2016 to establish a viable tour itinerary and get their organization off the ground.
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