WATCH A GREETING AND LEARN A BIT MORE FROM THE FOUNDER OF YOUNG AMERICAN EXPAT, RICHIE SANTOSDIAZ, BELOW. YOU CAN ALSO VIEW ON YOUTUBE HERE.

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I. YOUNG AMERICAN EXPAT - ABOUT US
II. YOUNG AMERICAN EXPAT - OUR MISSION
III.YOUNG AMERICAN EXPAT - OUR CORE VALUES
​IV.WE ARE NOT NOR DO THE FOLLOWING ON OUR PLATFORM
​V. HOW YOUNG AMERICAN EXPAT GOT STARTED - OUR HISTORY

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I.  YOUNG AMERICAN EXPAT - ABOUT US

We are an online platform educating the masses on the concept of life abroad, mainly through our website portal Young American Expat. We use factual educational content, real-life examples of people abroad, and also personal stories to showcase the beauty (and determination) of people across nationalities who are living their own dreams outside their native country.

Through our storytelling – we hope to inspire those back home in our native countries that we are living our own dreams abroad – as well as those amongst us in our current “home” that we too have similar struggles and aspirations.
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Initially a persona “the Young American Expat” by founder Richie Santosdiaz when he founded the website back in 2015, Young American Expat has expanded to include the wider concept of expatriate (or “expat”) living,
 
As of 2018 this has also expanded to include other nationalities (not just American) and also Young American Expat has increasingly begun to be more video-content focused (such as with our new YouTube Channel).

II.  Young American Expat - Our Mission

To be the online platform educating the masses on the concept of life abroad, mainly through our website portal Young American Expat. We use factual educational (non-political and non-biased) content, real-life examples of people abroad, and also personal stories to showcase the beauty (and determination) of people across nationalities who are living their own dreams outside their native country.

We are a concept and project we continue to develop - we are not an organization nor money-making brand nor company at present
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​​III.  Our Core Values

• Be the digital storytelling platform of the expat lifestyle and concept
• Promote and encourage the expatriate lifestyle and openness not just to Americans but also to other nationalities
• Encourage online engagement from the expatriate community, especially aspiring writers and bloggers
• Engage with wider media and other outlets to collaborate on expatriate storytelling and travel​​

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IV.  W​​e are not nor do the following on our online platform:

• Run expat events
• Are a study abroad program
• A free hotline for travel-related, expat and/or relocation services (ie. where can I find a school/friends/events in X country because I'm moving there soon)
• Use our platform as an expat directory of services 
• Use our platform for you to promote your services (unless if there was a formal partnership that goes with the motto of Young American Expat)

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V.  How Young American Expat Got Started - Our History

Young American Expat was born in January 2015 by Richie Santosdiaz, initially using  the website to host a blog, where he mainly reposted expat resources. This lasted through 2015 and part of 2016 as a part-time voluntary hobby (the originally blog has since been shut down).  In fact, believe it or not, Richie almost shut down the website end of 2015. 

In 2016, as Richie started doing more thought leadership pieces with his day job at the time, he had a resurgence of Young American Expat and decided to focus more on his life abroad (as people were fascinated that he has lived in 6 countries at the time). Part of the resurgence was Richie tried to approach a major expat publisher to do some writing pieces geared towards the younger expat, as most of the resources and support groups were geared towards the older expat (the typical story of the usual affluent business person who gets offered a high expat package to relocate their family overseas). However, they completed ignored him and instead were interested in their traditional audience. Finally, what motivated Richie in 2016 was, in 2015, although he didn't put much effort in his hobby at the time, the website organically was getting a lot of traffic. 

Therefore, in June 2016, Richie started storytelling more about his life and creating the persona of "Young American Expat."  Later in 2016, Richie's friend Colleen Boland got on board and the two began showcasing their lives. Eventually, the Young American Expat team grew further to include other members and affiliates.

The Young American Expat team realized that, coupled with the organic growth of the website, that Young American Expat really can truly be a showcase of the nearly 9 million Americans currently abroad. Many have very interesting stories, especially both the young Americans in their 30s and under, who often get ignored as the priority tends to be the older expats. In addition, some of the older expats were once young expats and have since established themselves and have successful international careers. It is in a way inspiring to see these former young expats willing to inspire and help their current young expats and also future generations.

With growing interest of not just the American expat storytelling but the wider expat storytelling, Young American Expat uses its persona as of 2018 to educate the masses on the concept of expatriate living. As of  September 2018 there has been a change to cater to new technology (user-friendly website, more video content, and more mobile-friendly content).  


-The Young American Expat team
​"Our Dreams Abroad"