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Travel and culture journalist Sara Hayden is the voice behind Palm Trees and Grapevines. She’s had stints around the world and feels lucky to call the San Francisco Bay Area home.

Sara Hayden. Photo by Victor Gonzalez.

Sara’s covered travel and culture since 2008. She was a writer for the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Half Moon Bay Review. She was an editor for the Daily Californian, The Klog, The Six Fifty, and Peninsula Foodist.

Sara earned a Master of Arts degree in Journalism from Stanford University where she was a Department of Communication merit fellow and Asian American Journalists Association scholarship recipient.

Sara also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures from the University of California, Berkeley. Go Bears!

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