Mackenzie first developed a passion for travel when she took a gap semester to Australia and Indonesia after graduating from Oregon State University with a bachelor's in new media communications. In 2016, she left her hometown of Portland, Oregon, to work as a Global Communications Coordinator at our Eco-Lodge Service Base in Fiji. Mackenzie is currently Rustic's Outreach Coordinator in Southern California. When not on the road, Mackenzie can be found eating food cart tacos, going on a run, or reading a book on the beach.