285: Traveling the World for Soccer and Listening to Marginalized Groups Abroad with Akua Sencherey

Learn the impact of cultural and language immersion while living abroad, and how soccer can open doors while traveling. ============================ Get the Monday Minute my weekly email with 3 personal recs for travel, culture, and living beyond borders you can read in 60 seconds. ============================ ON THIS EPISODE Akua Sencherey starts off talking about her parents’ background growing up in Ghana and immigrating to the U.S.. She then talks about her experience growing up in Houston and navigating her Ghanaian-American identity and the milieu of Blackness in the U.S. as a first-generation African immigrant. Akua reflects on her first trip back to Ghana as a kid, the role of sports in her life, and how her interest in travel developed. She then opens up about the transitionary moment in her life when she quit her job to travel the world. Akua talks about her experience living in Cusco, Peru and eventually getting a job with Remote Year. She also reflects on the impact of cultural and language immersion while living abroad. Akua then talks about some of her travel experiences, from Morocco to South Africa, and how she loves to travel the world for women’s soccer. Matt and Akua reflect on the importance of paying attention to the narratives of marginalized groups, being aware of our own government’s foreign policy, and always separating people from their governments. → Full show notes with direct links to everything discussed are available here. ============================ FREE RESOURCES FOR YOU: See my Top 10 Apps For Digital Nomads See my Top 10 Books For Digital Nomads See my 7 Keys For Building A Remote Business (Even in a space that’s not traditionally virtual) Watch my Video Training on Stylish Minimalist Packing so you can join #TeamCarryOn See the Travel Gear I Use and Recommend See How I Produce The Maverick Show Podcast (The equipment, services & vendors I use) ============================ ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow The Maverick Show on Instagram and DM Matt to continue the conversation Please leave a rating and review — it really helps the show and I read each one personally You can buy me a coffee — espressos help me produce significantly better podcast episodes! :)