Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick are founders of World Footprints LLC (http://WorldFootprints.com) and hosts of the multi award-winning World Footprints podcast. World Footprints is a socially minded travel media company devoted to bridging differences, fostering cultural intelligence, capturing the essence of a destination and inspiring meaningful travel. World Footprints shares travel stories and offers perspectives that go beyond the destination to touch the heart.Whether it's a little known aspect of a country's culture or a social cause close to their hearts, travel journalists Tonya and Ian Fitzpatrick seek to share stories that spark curiosity and shift points of view. The Fitzpatricks' many travel experiences typically leave a single impression -- no matter where one lives, the language spoken or the customs practiced - people are people and we all share a common humanity. World Footprints promotes a respect and understanding of people and their differences, as well as a celebration of the similarities we all share. Through their content-rich website (worldfootprints.

com), the Fitzpatricks present behind-the-scenes information and human-interest stories in text, audio and video, offering more than just travel advice. World Footprints invites its visitors to examine the cultural roots of a destination, to view a destination with a different mindset and to explore travel by specific interest or social cause. It taps world figures and celebrities, such as Maya Angelou, singer/songwriter Theresa Andersson, Bobby Kennedy, Jr., Ken Burns, chef Cat Cora and others to share unique insights on places and people. World Footprints' content also includes interviews with experts from the advocacy, foreign policy and travel communities.