Maryann Jones ThompsonMaryann Jones Thompson is an award-winning travel writer and expert on intrepid family travel. After decades of traveling as a journalist, backpacker, expat and mom, she founded ROAM to publish parent-written tales and details of EAL unique and exciting family adventures. Maryann is a native Californian who lives near San Francisco with her husband, two teens, dog and cat. Read More Read Less