Venture with me into the unknown and see how we all connect.

As a journalist and publisher, my specialty is in cinematic storytelling. I invite you to tap into our collective human experience through multi-layered stories from around the world.

Welcome!

I’m Sabine

I’m a journalist, editor, and publisher who invites curious readers like you to explore unfamiliar places, where I introduce you to real-life characters who connect us to the grand tapestry of human wisdom, kinship, and purpose.

From my summers as a nerdy kid building rockets in my backyard, to the day I packed my bags to move to Bolivia at the age of 19, I’ve always yearned for a connection to something beyond myself. I wanted to meet people whose perspectives were vastly different than my own. I hoped to discover how we connected — not just to each other, but to larger threads of human experience that lace across continents and generations.

It took me decades to understand what I was chasing, let alone how to capture it through story. I’m still on that wild ride. It’s taken me from the jungles of the Amazon to the submerged shipwrecks of the Caribbean, introduced me to earthquake survivors and astrophysicists, and connected me to keepers of oral traditions passed down through millennia of indigenous Quechua history.

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My articles have reached more than 21 million readers and been showcased in exhibitions throughout North America, Northern Africa, and Europe.

I've spoken to more than 100,000 audience members, giving 50+ talks and workshops in multiple countries for world-renowned organizations and universities.

I’ve edited stories for travel companies valued at more than $500 million.

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Testimonials

“Sabine has written articles for me as an editor, and she has worked as the managing editor of a website where I was editor in chief. She has been outstanding in both of these capacities. She is a wonderful writer with a clear, evocative style, a meticulous attention to both copious research and telling detail, and a well-honed sense of effective structure and storytelling. She carries these same qualities in her editing, along with impressive organization, adaptability, and flexibility. She brings inspiring energy, idealism, cheerfulness, and passion to everything she does.”

— Don George, former Editor-at-Large at National Geographic Traveler, and former Global Travel Editor at Lonely Planet

“To say it's been a pleasure to work with Sabine would be an understatement. She gave me the opportunity to do work that I've only ever dreamed of. It's been, hands down, the most incredible learning opportunity I've ever had the fortune of experiencing.”

— Sonya Pevzner, freelance journalist and former editor at Hidden Compass

“I have had the great pleasure to work with Sabine in her capacity as an editor. She brings incredible skill, passion, and insight to the craft of writing, language, and storytelling. She greatly respects my voice as a writer while also knowing when to suggest how to make the craft stronger — feeling and seeing that the spirit of the story demands it.”

— Beebe Bahrami, author, award-winning writer, and anthropologist

“Working with Sabine has transformed my writing. With her help I’ve tackled complicated story arcs, added richness and depth to settings, and brought liveliness to dialogue. Whereas I used to dread editing, I now approach it with relish—Sabine has a remarkable ability to provide support throughout the process in a way that is both nurturing and steady in its push for the best writing possible.”

— Alison Konecki, freelance writer and Director of Communications + Outreach at Headlands Center for the Arts

“Sabine brilliantly led a science communication workshop for Cal and Stanford PhD students. She showed these Wonderfest “Science Envoys” how to identify narrative arcs within their research, and how to cultivate those narratives into moving stories. With delight, the Envoys and I found Sabine to be a thoroughly inspiring teacher.”

— Tucker Hiatt, Founder and Executive Director of Wonderfest

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I have mind-opening places and people to introduce you to.
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I run an award-winning publication that’s turning journalists, scientists, artists, and explorers into household names.
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I’m a bilingual speaker and consultant who inspires travel companies, universities, and soul-searchers to harness the power of story.
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Featured Articles

Stories

Nerds Forging New Paths

Clarity in Cabo Pulmo

Nerds Forging New Paths

Originally published by Sierra Magazine

The sea 40 years ago was calm and clear. It had what Juan Castro Montaño calls espejismo, which translates somewhere between mirror and mirage. It was a scorching summer day…

Nerds Forging New Paths

Wisdom of Our Predecessors

A Child Explorer in the Amazon

Wisdom of Our Predecessors

Originally published by Adventure Collection

Dad’s duffel bag was permanently damaged, but it was a small price to pay to meet a superhero, in my opinion. “Now I see why they warned us!” my mother sighed. As always, mom was right…

Wisdom of Our Predecessors

Nerds Forging New Paths

Awakening the Canopy

Nerds Forging New Paths

Originally published by Hidden Compass

Hundreds of giant, winding branches — some tens of thousands of years old — extend in every direction. They have been growing, ring by generational ring, ever since our…

Nerds Forging New Paths

Open-Minded Odysseys

Death Road

Open-Minded Odysseys

Originally published by The Best Travel Writing 2011

I leaned cautiously towards the road’s edge, which gave way to a sheer cliff, a gashed rock-face stretching towards the distant earth. At the bottom, a mere speck of yellow on the floor…

Open-Minded Odysseys

Wisdom of Our Predecessors

The Point of the Wilderness

Wisdom of Our Predecessors

Originally published by Hidden Compass

Eight thousand years ago, among the towering Andes and their yawning canyons, one choice changed everything. In those days, bands of hunter-gatherers made their living off of rivers…

Wisdom of Our Predecessors

Open-Minded Odysseys

Looking to Tourists for Revival After an Earthquake

Open-Minded Odysseys

Originally published by Ethical Traveler

It started gently, just past sunset on a Saturday evening in Canoa, a touristy surf town in Ecuador. Peter Stromberg and his wife Maija were sitting on their couch for dinner…

Open-Minded Odysseys