{"id":16678,"date":"2026-05-11T20:43:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T20:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/?p=16678"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:23:20","slug":"traveling-and-blogging-became-a-full-time-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/traveling-and-blogging-became-a-full-time-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Traveling and blogging became a full-time job for Jen Ruiz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jen Ruiz\u2019s&nbsp;\u201909,&nbsp;career extends far beyond travel blogging.&nbsp;She&nbsp;works&nbsp;as a full-time travel expert, collaborating with media outlets, tourism&nbsp;boards,&nbsp;and social media platforms,&nbsp;while creating content for audiences around the world. Her&nbsp;ongoing&nbsp;professional&nbsp;development&nbsp;has led to&nbsp;work as a destination editor and contributor to travel guidebooks, further strengthening her credibility across the travel industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to\u00a0managing\u00a0her own platforms, Ruiz now mentors aspiring travel writers and bloggers through Jet Set Writer,\u00a0teaching\u00a0students how to pitch editors, monetize their\u00a0writing,\u00a0and build sustainable careers. At the center of that work is a more personal mission: making travel and storytelling feel more accessible, particularly for women and solo travelers. \u201cAs women, traveling is such a great way of grounding yourself again, finding yourself again, and really putting it into yourself,\u201d Ruiz said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.fiu.edu\/2024\/alumna-travel-influencer-shares-her-story-top-travel-tips\">Read\u00a0her\u00a0full story on FIU News.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jen Ruiz\u2019s&nbsp;\u201909,&nbsp;career extends far beyond travel blogging.&nbsp;She&nbsp;works&nbsp;as a full-time travel expert, collaborating with media outlets, tourism&nbsp;boards,&nbsp;and social media platforms,&nbsp;while creating content for audiences around the world. Her&nbsp;ongoing&nbsp;professional&nbsp;development&nbsp;has led to&nbsp;work as a destination editor and contributor to travel guidebooks, further strengthening her credibility across the travel industry.&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition to\u00a0managing\u00a0her own platforms, Ruiz now mentors aspiring [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":16671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alumni-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16678"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16678"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16697,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16678\/revisions\/16697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fiualumni.com\/stay-connected\/alumni-news\/newsroom\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}