Families Exploring Culture

Life As A Global Nomad with Roberta D’Angelo Mellis

October 15, 2020 Jade Jones Season 1 Episode 4
Life As A Global Nomad with Roberta D’Angelo Mellis
Families Exploring Culture
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Families Exploring Culture
Life As A Global Nomad with Roberta D’Angelo Mellis
Oct 15, 2020 Season 1 Episode 4
Jade Jones

On this episode, we talk with Roberta D’Angelo Mellis about her experiences moving between countries and continents, learning to repeatedly navigate and adapt to new cultures and languages.

Some topics from this episode include:

  • what it's like living the life of a global nomad 
  • challenges of raising children abroad
  • how living abroad has benefitted her family


Roberta D’Angelo Mellis graduated in Social Communication, with a Post Degree in Marketing, she started her career in advertising agencies. In 2010, after 10 years as a marketing executive at a Japanese multinational, she abandoned everything to accompany her husband in his expat career around the world.

Living in Italy and South Africa, has dedicated herself to social projects, new languages, photography, arts and literature. In 2018 she graduated in Creative Writing in Mexico City, publishing many short stories and winning several literary contests

Now living in The Netherlands, she works at ACCESS Netherlands and is also a Columnist and proofreader of the web platform “Brasileiras pelo Mundo” (Brazilians around the world) with monthly articles about living abroad and life in The Netherlands.

Her Instagram author profile is @robertadangelomellis Note: it is all in Portuguese

Guide on how to teach your children to be world explorers available here: https://jonesinfortaste.com/how-to-world-food-explorers/

Want to follow our adventures traveling and living abroad ? Follow Jonesin' For Taste on Instagram to catch all of our latest adventures? Stop by, send me a DM, and let me know what you would like to know about being an expat


Show Notes

On this episode, we talk with Roberta D’Angelo Mellis about her experiences moving between countries and continents, learning to repeatedly navigate and adapt to new cultures and languages.

Some topics from this episode include:

  • what it's like living the life of a global nomad 
  • challenges of raising children abroad
  • how living abroad has benefitted her family


Roberta D’Angelo Mellis graduated in Social Communication, with a Post Degree in Marketing, she started her career in advertising agencies. In 2010, after 10 years as a marketing executive at a Japanese multinational, she abandoned everything to accompany her husband in his expat career around the world.

Living in Italy and South Africa, has dedicated herself to social projects, new languages, photography, arts and literature. In 2018 she graduated in Creative Writing in Mexico City, publishing many short stories and winning several literary contests

Now living in The Netherlands, she works at ACCESS Netherlands and is also a Columnist and proofreader of the web platform “Brasileiras pelo Mundo” (Brazilians around the world) with monthly articles about living abroad and life in The Netherlands.

Her Instagram author profile is @robertadangelomellis Note: it is all in Portuguese

Guide on how to teach your children to be world explorers available here: https://jonesinfortaste.com/how-to-world-food-explorers/

Want to follow our adventures traveling and living abroad ? Follow Jonesin' For Taste on Instagram to catch all of our latest adventures? Stop by, send me a DM, and let me know what you would like to know about being an expat