About Me — M. Cole Grady

Travel Writer | Photojournalist | NGO Freelancer | Anthropologist

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Hi folks! My name is M. Cole Grady, and I love to write about people, places and the ideas that bring us all together.

I’ve lived across the world, from the rural American south to my beloved Edinburgh, from wandering the streets of Mumbai to working with peanut farmers in Zambia. My passion is in grassroots NGOs and community movements, those rare instances where people come together to improve the lives of those around them; I have spent my professional life working to actualise their visions.

While working with an environmental activist organisation in Mumbai, a small beach cleanup group, I was inspired to write a story about their work: this was the start of my journey publishing online, and I never looked back:

You Fight the Tide, the Tide Fights Back

Now, I share my stories travelling and experiencing the world, combining anthropological observations and in-depth research to coax out the soul of a place, a people, a…