Hello! My name is Monica Schwartz, and I currently live in the Northern California Gold Country.

Besides being the driving force behind Life Out Of Bounds, I am also a photographer, artist, writer, chef, forest therapy guide, and aspiring home designer. I am also a world explorer, time traveler and aspiring teleporter. If I were turning eleven next week, my choice of school would be Hogwarts!

Born and raised in Italy, I moved to Hawai'i in 2002, where I lived for eleven years, until I came down with island fever. That is when I moved to California with my two Tibbies in order to have more territory to explore in my Mini.
Hawai'i remains the home of my heart, and it will likely be the place I will return to once I am done exploring.

Eventually, I might even get a new photo taken of me. Photographers don't like to be photographed.

Keep scrolling and you can find out more about me and some of the things I love.