Yulia Denisyuk

Yulia Denisyuk is an award-winning travel journalist, photographer, writer, and budding filmmaker whose work has appeared in The New York Times, National Geographic, TIME, Conde Nast Traveler, BBC Travel, and Lonely Planet. She specializes in people-centric storytelling and has spoken around the world and led masterclasses on travel storytelling for various brands and organizations, including National Geographic.  She is also the host of the podcast “Going Places”, and the founder of NOMAD + JULES—a boutique travel company that organizes small group tours to places misunderstood in the world.  Yulia is also the founder of Travel Media Lab, a storytelling and educational platform for individuals interested in getting started in travel journalism and brands looking to advance their storytelling.  Most recently, Yulia authored the “Travel Industry for Palestine” petition and has been organizing people, communities, businesses and content creators across the travel industry to stand together against the genocide in Palestine and call for a permanent ceasefire.  Born in Kazakhstan and raised in Estonia, she got her MBA in the United States, and has now traveled to over 100 countries.