MEET ERICA N. SMITH

The perspective behind
From the Rooms I Enter.

I'm Erica Smith—founder, CEO and Creative Director of Eat Drink Travel While Black. I create travel, food and hospitality content through a culturally centered lens, amplifying stories where Black travelers are seen, celebrated and served.

My mission is to curate safe, joyful and memorable travel experiences that reflect us. Through destination features, resort reviews, restaurant partnerships, group travel and cultural storytelling, I bring hospitality to life through authentic, relatable content that inspires action.

I'm also an entrepreneur, wife and mama. Those parts of my life shape the way I pay attention to service, value, belonging and the details that turn a trip into a story worth sharing.

“I enter every room paying attention—to the service, the story, who is seen and what our cousins deserve to know before they go.”