Toby Israel

Toby Israel is a vagabondess and storyteller currently rooted in Costa Rica. She has traveled and lived many places, and can comfortably say she feels at home just about everywhere. Author, Editor, Marketing Consultant, Movement Artist, and Empowerment Self-Defense Instructor, Toby is the founder of Mujeres Fuertes Costa Rica, a holistic self-defense project creating unique empowerment retreats around the region. She believes that words are medicine, and that stories can heal the world.