Kellee Edwards had a dream of getting her own show on the Travel Channel. She also had a plan. As a black woman trying to break into the overwhelmingly white and male world of adventure television, she figured she would have to be overqualified to get noticed. So she got certified as a scuba diver, learned to pilot her own aircraft, and traveled solo to remote corners of the planet. In just a few years聽she went from working as a bank teller to hosting the Travel Channel show . 国产吃瓜黑料 contributor Stephanie Joyce wanted to know: What鈥檚 that trip been like?
This episode incorrectly states that Kellee Edwards pitched her show,聽Mysterious Islands, to the Travel Channel. In fact, the production company Departure Films pitched the project.聽
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