Tracy Smith, PhD writes narrative nonfiction examining identity, belonging, and the patterns we carry from place to place. With a background in educational psychology, her work pairs lived experience with sustained inquiry, tracing how movement, risk, and reinvention shape who we become.

She is the author of The Purpose of Getting Lost, a memoir that began her exploration of movement and identity. Across more than 30 countries and five continents, travel became the terrain where many of these questions first surfaced. Today, her writing follows those patterns wherever they appear—abroad and at home.

Through essays and long-form narrative, Tracy explores how we negotiate belonging, how we respond to change, and how we construct a sense of place in an unfamiliar world.