Storyteller.
Survivor.builder of new beginnings.
Mother, believer, advocate, and the woman behind Sparked Travels, Kingdom Minds, and Flames of Hope.
Paula Washington's career has always been about one thing: making space for people's stories. She's an award-winning film director and an accomplished stage manager, and for years she taught Christian education.
Before any of that, travel was her profession. Paula spent more than two decades in corporate travel, helping businesses run their travel better and planning trips and retreats for companies. Today she does the same for individuals and families as a certified travel advisor, and she trains other women to do it through her Ignite Team.
Paula is also a survivor of trauma and abuse. Her faith carried her through it, and she holds tight to Romans 8:28, the promise that God works all things together for good. That conviction is why she founded Flames of Hope, a nonprofit for women healing from partner violence and rebuilding after divorce, and why she started Kingdom Minds, a podcast about faith in real life.
She is a Girl Scout Woman of Distinction, a mother, and a woman who believes your hardest season does not get the last word.
