Hi I’m Bree
I am a Wisconsinite at heart living in beautiful South Carolina chasing lattes and sunshine while wrangling three soccer boys.
I didn’t grow up in a family that traveled, but I believe I was ultimately called to it. When everyone else was going abroad to Europe, I went to study in colonial, Central Mexico. I fell head over heels with the country, Spanish, and the warm and gracious Mexican people. I traveled by bumpy buses all over the country and quickly became “a traveler.” I have been planning trips all over the world ever since, for myself, my friends and family, and community. I even spent a year teaching kindergarten in South Korea!
I believe I was also born to be an entrepreneur. As a child to a single mom, we didn’t have much. I believe growing up poor is what lead me to becoming an entrepreneur- my imagination was huge, and it entertained and fueled me. I sold treats at our apartment pool and even dressed up like a gypsy and told fortunes at the playground. Many moons ago, I took a chance with a $500 loan and started a Spanish school for kids. For nineteen years I poured my heart and soul into that business before selling it.
Brita Schumacher
Professional Bio
Brita “Bree” Schumacher is a lifelong entrepreneur. She turned a $500 loan into a seven-figure business, adding her to the elite list of only 2% of women who own businesses with over $1 million in revenues. Her former business, a community-based Spanish school which educated thousands of children and employed hundreds of teachers, flourished for nearly two decades before she successfully sold it in the summer of 2020. As the winner of the Hottest Kitchen Entrepreneur Contest, Bree also conceptualized, started, cultivated, and sold a successful food business in less than twelve months. While running the language school and building her organic sauce line, Bree was also developing original recipes and cooking several segments on a popular morning show under her signature brand, Skinny Mommy. Prior to working full time as an entrepreneur, she studied Intercultural Communications and Spanish and worked in the international business sector for prominent U.S. corporations, covering Latin America and the Caribbean. Additionally, Bree lived and worked in Seoul, South Korea. As an international expert, bilingual professional and seasoned entrepreneur, Brita was a highlighted alumnae of Mount Mary University, a featured speaker for “How to uncover your passion”, and a keynote speaker for Lake Country Currents on the topic of “How to grow a 7 figure business.” In the winter of 2022, Bree was chosen as a KNOW woman in Charlotte, North Carolina for her work with midlife women, including launching the Seize Your Midlife Podcast.
After designing international trips for friends, family and community members since 2005, Bree started creating incredible group trips for midlife women, melding two of her passions midlife women and transformative travel.
