Mariellen Ward is a professional writer, travel blogger, and tour operator. She runs the award-winning travel site Breathedreamgo.com, inspired by her extensive travels in India and South Asia. Mariellen has been published in leading media outlets worldwide, can be found just about everywhere online as Breathedreamgo, and offers custom tours to India through her company India for Beginners.

In 2019, Mariellen received a National Tourism Award for Best Foreign Travel Journalist & Blogger from the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. Though Canadian by birth, Mariellen lives in Rishikesh and considers India to be her soul culture.