Gabby Beckford is the award-winning Founder and Travel Creator @packslight on a mission to make the incredible accessible to her community of 600K+. This includes her almost 50% Gen Z audience age 18-24. She established her community the Young Travelers Network in 2016 and it has since grown to more than 10K members. She Founded her second brand, SeekPTO—a database of travel funding for young people—in 2025. And as Beckford reaches the end of her 20’s she expands her legacy of traveling while young with the Young Travelers Podcast, where she empowers young people to turn their dreams of travel “one day” to “Day One” with her relatable, actionable, financially responsible, and deeply personal episodes. A TEDx speaker and explorer of 50+ countries—many solo—Beckford truly has a world of knowledge to share, and the press knows it, too. Beckford has multiple features in The New York Times, CNN Travel, National Geographic, and more. She’s also been a part of major creator programs with Meta, LinkedIn, and TikTok! Whether through storytelling, strategic resources, or her own lived experience, Gabby is helping the next generation skip debt, and see the word.