Ashley Mcdonough creates a travel app for that showcases more people of color. Melanin on The Map is a one stop shop full of inspirational sites, informativedetails, and affordable traveling. The traveling site provide first hand details of the minority traveling experience.
The traveling agents are certified travelers and shows downloaders how to turn traveling into cash. Not only are the details very informative but the app also offers monthly vacation give aways.
Ashley is a Howard University graduate. The journalist is also a first-generation American, with parents of Caribbean descent, travel and culture has been a passion of hers from a young age.
Ashley has years of experience producing culture-based digital content. McDonough combined her 3 passions of travel, culture and storytelling in efforts to give new experiences to minorities. The expert traveler has traveled to over 10 countries before the age of 25.
While studying, Ashley McDonough traveled throughout Europe and North Africa documenting her entire experience abroad, in hopes of inspiring other students to take advantage of the opportunity. At the time, a shocking 2% of minority students participated in international study abroad programs in the nation, a number McDonough was truly bothered by. In her Youtube mini-series entitled ‘High Off Life,‘ McDonough opens the door to what life is like abroad and shows how possible and exciting those experiences can be.
Upon her return back in the U.S. McDonough continued her desire to inform cultural knowledge through storytelling, working with a number of media giants. In total McDonough has produced hundreds of articles and/or video content for ESSENCE Magazine, Will Packer Production’s XoNecole, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, EBONY Magazine, Elite Daily and iOne Digital.
Finally in 2019 Ashley decided to combine her passions and experiences into an app that provides opportunity and experienced details to all people with equality based environment. Melanin On The Map can be downloaded by clicking “Melanin On The Map for Google Play” or “Melanin on the Map for Apple“. Prepare your travel and sign up for a chance to win.
