Emily Affolter

Emily Affolter’s passion for international travel and exploration was born at 11 years old, when she and her family had the opportunity to sail around the world on Semester at Sea.  She graduated from Scripps’ College in Claremont, CA with degrees in Hispanic Studies and Humanities. During her Junior year abroad, Emily worked with a progressive women’s organization and taught English in a local prison in Estelí, Nicaragua.  She returned to Estelí to carry out ethnographies for her thesis on Feminism in Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua. Since college, Emily has both worked for Crooked Trails’ Yachaqui Wayi center in Northern Peru, and guided in Cusco.  She has spent many summers leading kayaking, backpacking and sailing trips in the San Juan Islands for the YMCA.  Currently, she teaches Spanish to 1st-3rd graders at a public school in Seattle. Travel helps to satisfy Emily’s curiosity, as she is constantly looking to see the world in new ways.  Emily loves being involved with Crooked Trails!