California born, Michelle Gross moved to New York City to pursue a career in journalism in 2006. Having lived, worked and reported from cities around the world, she graduated from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY with a Masters Degree in International Reporting. Currently covering trends in travel, food and lifestyle for variety of publications, in addition to Forbes her work and photographs have appeared in Playboy, Robb Report, Travel + Leisure, Vogue, Men's Journal, Food&Wine, The San Francisco Chronicle, Thrillist and BBC Travel.