About Us
Richard (Ricardo) Hamel, NuNomad Co-founder
Since 1998 Ricardo has been a freelance website designer for a variety of charitable non-profit organizations within Southern California (which he calls “home”), as well as for a few international travel-related operations. Before becoming a nomadic webmaster, he founded and operated PAX Publishing (for ten years), a graphic design and printing agency serving the development and communication needs of charitable organizations. Before creating PAX Publishing he was (for about five years) a full-time special events coordinator, fund-raiser and project developer for several non-profit projects and organizations. He is also the author of Quit Dreaming and Go!, an ebook on pre-travel preparation for world-travelers, and the author of Pothole (a novel). Ricardo is in his 40s, single and has visited more than two dozen countries, many of which he has resided in.
He is currently nomading the United States after a long stay in Thailand.
Carmen Bolanos, NuNomad Co-founder
Carmen Bolanos is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation and holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. She has been working with professionals for years towards the achievement of their most important business and personal goals through hr business, Dr. Coach. Carmen was lured away from a private practice in by the mobility offered through a coaching career. The daughter of a father who traveled for over 20 years and a mother in foreign service, a nomadic lifestyle seems to be in her genetic code. Carmen has lived abroad both in Latin America and Asia. She has studied 5 foreign languages for a total of over 26 years. Carmen maintains an international coaching practice meeting by phone with clients while at home or abroad. She is married and has 3 wonderful daughters as well as a variety of pets.
She is currently on the beautiful island of Florianopolis, Brazil.
