Over the past few weeks, we've been joined by incredible women at the top of their game all across the travel industry.

And as we wrap up March, which saw the launch of our most powerful women in travel list, women who travel, a podcast from Kondinaz Traveler with myself and my co-host Lolleara Coglue.

Hello.

Our chatting with another incredibly impressive woman.

And this week, we're joined via Google Voice by Kate McHugh, America's first female ship captain.

Name captain at Celebrity Cruises in 2015. She's been at the helm of the Celebrity Equinox

living on the ship alongside her precious cat bug and setting people straight on what it means to

be a ship captain. Since you're calling in from the ship right now, I'm curious where you are in the

world? We are actually at anchor outside the beautiful port of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean.

What are you looking out at right now?

I actually put the drone up this morning so we could see the incredible blue water that we've got, and it's so clear that you can actually see the anchor chain stretched out across the

bay there.

We're looking at New Jersey, so that's a lot better than what we've got.

That's the same thing. Sorry, New Jersey listeners. We love you.

I'm curious just to start out because Lale and I have like no experience with being

cruise ship captains. What even is the career path to getting to where you are now?

Well, that's interesting. I actually started at California Maritime Academy, which is part of the

Cal State University system. So my major was business administration with a minor in marine

transportation. So like a regular four-year university, I was taking my business administration

courses, but in addition, I was also taking my seamanship courses like Celestial Navigation,

Marlin Spike, Small Craft Operations. And rather than go on summer break from college every year,

we would go on training cruises where we got the hands-on practical to navigate

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