Laura Ganim

Laura Ganim is the Founder and Lead Travel Advisor at WanderHeart Travel Advisors, where she provides white glove service planning luxury trips with a focus on luxury Disney travel. She started the company about a year and a half ago in 2023 after leaving her teaching career. Her formal training is in education, with a psychology degree from Fordham University and a master's in education from Quinnipiac University. She taught high school biology for many years and misses the students. In between, she worked as a consultant in the insurance industry and helped build a benefits brokerage business in New York City. She also earned a degree in culinary arts and a degree in business, and ran her own catering business that was impacted by COVID. During the pandemic she returned to the classroom before transitioning to travel advising to combine her education, culinary, business, and consulting backgrounds. She is part of Beta Sigma Gamma honor society and another from business school. Her website is www.wanderhearttravel.com where she writes a weekly blog on topics including luxury hotels, why to use a travel advisor, restaurants, and food.