Robin Parker: Bringing Joy

Robin Parker has spent nearly three decades in the student travel industry. When she graduated college in 1977, there were few jobs in her health and physical education major—just one opening for every 500 applicants. She was making $6,000 a year, working full time for a Catholic school, when a college friend mentiond his job as a tour director for a Pennsylvania company. He thought it would be a good fit for Parker; she needed other work to help survive.

 Thus began her job as a student tour director. 

"Service came naturally to me," said Parker, "which is how it needs to be—or you cannot do a good job as a tour director."

To read more about Robin Parker's experiences in the student travel industry and how she built Kaleidoscope Adventures, click here for the digital edition of Groups Today magazine.