Family Made Bold Decision To Sell Home, Buy RV, Travel The Country And Home School

When Karen Akpan’s son, Aiden, asked her, “Mom, where are all the brown people like us” as they were traveling she didn't have an answer. Instead of ignoring what was a glaring absence to her son, and the rest of their traveling family, Akpan said on her website that she decided to start her movement of Black Kids Do Travel.

"[We] couldn’t find a group that solely promoted and encouraged ‘family travel’ as well as ‘travel with children’ for families of color so a Facebook group – Black Kids Do Travel was created,” she wrote.  "[I] really wanted to know if children of color did indeed travel, and if they did, why wasn’t [my] family meeting any of them as [we] traveled.” 

She has since used the travel group and blog, The Mom Trotter, to inspire thousands of families of color to travel the world and share stories of their adventures. 

She and her husband have been together 12 years and married for 9, visiting more than 30 countries and states, respectively. As their journeys around the country and world increased, they decided it would be a good idea to sell their home and buy a RV. 

Check out the full article from Because Of Them We Can here.

Photo credit/The Mom Trotter