Our guest is award-winning journalist, television host and media entrepreneur Melissa Noel. She's an internationally recognized Caribbean diaspora leader with proven impact at the intersections of media, sustainable travel and social advocacy. She is known for her dynamic content that consistently highlights underreported stories for outlets including Huffpost.com, Essence.com, One Caribbean TV, NBC News, Caribbean Beat Magazine, LonelyPlanet.com and ABC News. You can learn more about Melissa on her website melissanoel.com.  We had a wide-ranging discussion on the diaspora's cultural influences on the Caribbean and how those in the millennial generation and younger travel with cultural experience at front of mind.  In addition, we spent a significant amount of time discussing her native Guyana, one of the world's most eco-friendly tourist destinations and how they seamlessly mixture cultures from all over the world into a true melting pot.