Jen Ruiz| 12 Trips in 12 Months | Author Talk at OE

Jen Ruiz| 12 Trips in 12 Months | Author Talk at OE

Join us for an in-person conversation with Jen Ruiz at Oxford Exchange.

By Oxford Commons Hospitality Company

Date and time

Sunday, June 16 · 3:30 - 5pm EDT

Location

Oxford Exchange

420 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606

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About this event

  • 1 hour 30 minutes

Bestselling author Jen Ruiz takes readers on a trip around the globe in 12 Trips in 12 Months, defying societal expectations of what a woman is supposed to be—and empowering others to do the same.

The year before her thirtieth birthday, Jen Ruiz decided to change everything. Despite being professionally accomplished and contributing to the world as an attorney at a nonprofit, she had yet to achieve the most important goal, according to becoming a wife and mother. So, after more ghostings than a graveyard, tired of dating apps and sitting in a windowless office, Jen embarked on an epic challenge to send her twenties out in style.

Twelve months, twelve trips, no excuses.

She started booking flights instead of swiping right, teaching English online to cover costs. Over the course of the year, Jen descended into a volcano in Iceland, volunteered at an elephant sanctuary in Thailand, called in sick to fly in a hot air balloon, and went scuba diving at an underwater museum in Mexico.

She ended up taking twenty trips, almost double her original goal.

In a moving and inspiring story, Jen invites readers along through the year wherein she decided to stop waiting for others and start living for herself, discovered the power of solo travel magic, challenged herself physically and emotionally, made meaningful connections … and learned that she could feel fulfilled and happy on her own.

Jen Ruiz is a lawyer turned full-time travel blogger. A multiple bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and national award-winning travel journalist, she has been featured in The Washington Post, Forbes, and ABC News. Jen has been named a Latina Travel Expert by Mitu and Top 40 Under 40 by the Naples Herald. She is the solo female traveler behind Jen on a Jet Plane. When she's not on a plane she lives in Florida.


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Oxford Commons Hospitality Company

Oxford Commons is a hospitality company built upon a foundation of dreamers and doers, with a mission to create spaces that foster fellowship, humility, exploration, and curation.

On September 24, 2012, we opened the doors to our first concept, Oxford Exchange in Tampa, Florida. Oxford Exchange is a place where community happens. We didn’t tell our patrons how to use the space, they simply did. And when they did, they made it their own.

Since then, Oxford Commons has opened spaces unique to the cities they are in and the people who they are for. Our family of brands has expanded to include The Library, The Stovall House, The Current Hotel, Oxford Design Studio, and Oxford Creative Studio.