Kate Asleson

Kate Asleson is the lead author for the Tonga travel guidebook by Other Places Publishing (July 2011). Kate grew up in Minnesota, and quickly developed a love for travel thanks to all the long road trips with her family. She studied abroad in Australia, backpacked through Europe, studied tropical biology in Central America, explored the hutongs in Beijing, and drove around New Zealand in a packed campervan. Before joining the Peace Corps, Kate worked at a large advertising agency for three years. But after staying still for a few years the travel itch took over. So Kate and her husband ended up living on a small island 6 miles long in the South Pacific nation of Tonga with the Peace Corps, from 2008 – 2010. In Tonga she immersed herself in the culture, learned to cook from scratch, and made lifelong friends. Kate now works in marketing, still taking every chance she gets to travel.