India

Hi, I'm India.

A teacher by trade + a storyteller at heart.  

I’m on a mission to help kind-hearted travel brands grow their businesses + support local communities in Miami + beyond.

I live, work + serve in South Florida. 

But like most people in Dade, I’m not originally from Miami. 

I was born and raised in an Italian-Polish family in West Virginia, and I decided to move to South Florida after living and traveling throughout the Cono Sur and Colombia. 

I spent my early days in Miami juggling full-time work at an immigration nonprofit and freelancing as a health care reporter + travel writer, and I spent countless early mornings and late nights building my business in my dream city. 

Here’s how everything got started.

Headshot of India Amos from India Amos Media, LLC

2017.

Having just blown all my savings on a Big South American Adventure, I moved to Miami with a few hundred dollars I borrowed from my sister. 

I had no plan, but I was the right combination of brave and foolish. 

In those early days, I didn’t have enough money to pay a deposit to rent an apartment, so my first home in Miami was a hostel on South Beach. 

I stayed in a six-person dorm where the only amenities were a shared bathroom and a free continental breakfast in one of the city’s most iconic neighborhoods. 

Florida was way more exciting than anything I’d ever experienced in West Virginia, so I was living fast and squeezing a story out of every new experience I had in Miami. 

My writing business grew — and so did my depression.

2018.

I left nonprofit work and started a job as a writer at a local tech company. For the first time in my life, I was making a living off my writing, and things were looking up. 

Then one early spring morning, I was assaulted on my way to work. I was followed down more streets than I could count — and a few months later, I was hit by a car while riding my bike in Miami.

Those experiences nearly destroyed me. 

It didn’t take long for me to start hating the city. I was broken more times than I could count and tried to leave the city more times than I can remember, but God wouldn’t let that happen. 

He met me in the lowest season of my depression and showed me a better way. I gave my life to Jesus in August 2018, and then everything finally started to fall into place.

2019-2023.

I closed my writing business for nearly four years so I could focus on my mental, emotional + spiritual health. During that time: 

  • I became an inner-city middle school teacher.
  • I survived a pandemic when everything felt weird. 
  • I wrestled with God and emerged a better version of myself. 

In the end, I came out steadier, and I have a clearer understanding of the mission I’m called to live out in Miami.

And so much of my purpose has to do with helping you.

2014 + Beyond.

After an eight-month break, I’m back to fully supporting travel brands with SEO copywriting, blog posts + web content strategy. I’m more joyful than ever — and I’ve finally built a business I love. <3