Meet the Boot Camp Instructors

Dr. Christopher "Crit" Minster

Dr. Cristopher Minster is currently an instructor at the Universidad de San Francisco de Quito, and a graduate of Penn State University, The University of Montana and  Ohio State. Before becoming head writer for V!VA Travel Guides, Chris worked for the U.S. Peace Corps in Guatemala as a volunteer from 1991 to 1994, and has traveled extensively throughout Latin America. He is the V!VA Travel Guides resident expert on ruins, Latino history and culture, and has surprisingly in-depth knowledge of haunted museums. If he's not at work pounding out new stories, you'll probably find Chris gallivanting around the Galápagos with his wife or beating everyone in the room at a local pub quiz in Quito.

Jason Halberstadt

After falling in love with Latin America and with teaching as an Instructor at Costa Rica Outward Bound in the mid-nineties, he settled down in Quito Ecuador. As an online media consultant in the small Andean country he became a pioneer in online travel marketing, E-government and E-business, finally settling on his passion for travel and the dream of creating a better travel guide. V!VA Travel Guides CEO Jason Halberstadt has a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm which he is thrilled to share with Bootcampers and aspiring writers about the web, Latin America, and travel writing, and how all three are linked.