Robin Catalano is a travel, culture, and food journalist. Her stories have appeared in National Geographic, Travel + Leisure, TIME, Smithsonian, Conde Nast Traveler, AFAR, Hemispheres, Robb Report, Fodor's, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, Insider, Boston Globe, Albany Times Union, and more. A member of the Society of American Travel Writers and the International Federation of Journalists, she was selected as the summer 2020 Writer-in-Residence at Arrowhead, the historic home of Herman Melville in Pittsfield, Mass. In 2022, she was a finalist for the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association's Excellence in Journalism award. She lives in the Hudson Valley.