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    • What is living abroad? Living Abroad 101
    • Fun facts, history and educational series
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    • Inspire you to travel the world
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Share your expat story with us

If you are a current young American expat (30s and under), an established "older" American who moved abroad when they were once a young American expat, and even non-Americans (via our new blog as a contributor on Young Expat) you have three options to get involved:

I. Submit a 1-2 min video shoutout on phone/camera (American expats only at present)

Amateur style video shoutout of you on your phone talking about your life abroad we would upload on new YouTube Channel
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II. Send a short Bio Feature w/ photo (American expats only at present)

Short bio of yourself we would add, depending on your current geographical location, on Stories of Americans Living Abroad
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III. Contribute an article | video on our new blog Young Expat (open to all expats of all nationalities)

We are opening the Young Expat blog to all aspiring expat and travel writers to go with the spirit of YAE

I. Short 1-2 minute video shoutout (American expat only - both young & older)

A simple 1-2 minute video shoutout of you as an expat in your current location. Please talk about where you are from in the US, where you are now, what you are doing, some inspiration. We would embed this on our Stories of Americans Living Abroad section and also upload file on new Youtube Channel.  Due to resources we will not be able to edit videos so please film it in one file and make sure we can hear you. You can send the video file, along with your name and photo to the following (please write in header "video submission YAE":
Click here to submit your video

Sample of video shoutout we can add of you from your phone we will link on our "Stories of Americans Living Abroad" and on our new YouTube Channel 

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II. A SHORT FEATURE BIO (American expat only  - both young and older)

Include 4 sentences maximum bio of yourself with photograph (mainly where you are from in the USA, where you live now, what you do). If approved we will upload on our Stories of Americans Living Abroad section. Please write in header "bio submission YAE":
Email bio and photo here
Note - we no longer are able to do extensive features as we did in the past due to growth and are only able to do short features at present 

We also prefer video content (option I) but if you are a blogger/vlogger we can link your website here too 

Sample of a short feature we can add of you on "Stories of Americans Living Abroad" section

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Colleen Boland

Originally from: Maryland
Now living in: Madrid

Colleen moved to Madrid to originally complete her PhD.
​She fell in love with Spain and also fell in love and is now calling it her home for now!
click here for colleen's website

III. Contribute on our new blog - "The Young Expat Blog" (open to all expats of all nationalities)

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We are open to receive submissions of various writing levels for our Young Expat blog. Please click below for more information
See how to submit for Young Expat blog

DISCLAIMER:
BY SUBMITTING YOU AGREE TO FEATURE YOUR BIO AND PICTURE ON YOUNG AMERICAN EXPAT, YOUNG EXPAT AND ITS CHANNELS, AS WELL AS AND POTENTIALLY ANY PARTNERS WE WORK WITH. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ANY ENTRIES SUBMITTED ESPECIALLY IF DEEMED INAPPROPRIATE.
ALL ENTRIES AND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE UNPAID. 
PLEASE BEAR IN MIND UPON SUBMITTING YOUR STORY, GIVEN LIMITED RESOURCES AND THE CONSTANT TRANSIENT STATE OF MANY EXPATS, WE CANNOT REGULARLY CHANGE OR UPDATE YOUR BIO.
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  • About Us
  • Factual Abroad Content
    • What is living abroad? Living Abroad 101
    • Fun facts, history and educational series
    • Articles about the expat life from the media
  • Stories of Americans Abroad
    • Young Americans Abroad (Austria - Malta)
    • Young Americans Abroad (Oman - UK)
    • Inspiration - Established Americans Living Abroad
    • Life Abroad from YAE Team
  • Fun Travel Content
    • Spain - our travel videos
    • Around the world - our travel videos
    • Inspire you to travel the world
  • Blog