While advocating travel to impact the world for positive global change, Laura Formentini turned into a child welfare activist and an advocate to prevent cruelty to animals. Her philanthropic fundraising has taken place in Italy, Malawi, Kenya, Tanzania, and Puerto Rico. An archaeologist, conservationist, and photographer, she is also Vice President of Rifugio Isola del Sole, an animal sanctuary in Sicily, Italy, where the overpopulation of strays is the largest in Europe. Other causes she supports include People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Mercy for Animals, Best Friends Animal Society, Kiva, Mercy for Animals, the ASPCA, and the LAV (Lega Anti-Vivisezione Italia). She has also been sponsoring over 40 children around the globe through PlanUSA for the past 16 years. Born in Milan, she has lived in Italy, Missouri, Colorado, and California, and holds a Bachelor of Science in Archaeology and Art History from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.  Learn more at www.lauraformentini.com