In 2010, Christina was blindsided with a deadly disease and a poor prognosis—Stage 4 Metastatic Melanoma.
Doctors told her that she had two years to live if she was lucky. She had two little boys at home and a whole world of dreams still unaccomplished in front of her. Her world had been shattered, but she was a fighter who was not going to give up.
After five years of battling this horrible foe, miraculously Christina defeated cancer. This gave her a greater appreciation for life and a renewed sense of vigor to not hold back and chase her dreams.
On this episode, Christina shares that while on a family trip to Costa Rico, she told her husband that she wanted to make her dream of traveling the world with their young children a reality. So when they returned home, they went to work to make this dream happen.
Friends suggested that they share their outdoor and travel adventures through social media. In late 2015, they launched their Instagram account @macs_explore. Their Instagram account began to rapidly grow in 2016, and at the end of that year, they landed their first paid trip with Royal Caribbean with less than 10K followers.
Since that first partnership, they have partnered with various tourism boards and top brands from all over the world while generating thousands of dollars for their content, influence and unique skills.
Since then, they have continued to grow their brand. In the process, they learned a great deal about what it takes to build a sustainable and profitable travel brand on Instagram. In 2019, they made the decision to share their knowledge and experience to help countless others do the same, through their online membership program, Insta-Success.
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