About EnRoute

Electing to take a gap year or career break is a bold and exciting decision. At EnRoute, we pride ourselves in understanding the complicated process of planning and successfully executing a gap year and eagerly work to provide excellent service to every client. Each EnRoute consultation is unique and completely customized based on the student's individual objectives.

Benefits of Hiring an EnRoute Consultant

• Time-Saving
  Google estimates about 27,000,000 hits when you search "gap year program" on their search engine. Sifting through the thousands of gap year opportunities is time consuming and can be very frustrating. EnRoute provides options that are already tailored to your individual needs.
• Reliability & Safety
  At EnRoute, we carefully research organizations of interest to our clients, discarding disreputable groups through a thorough vetting process. This includes speaking with the directors of programs as well as returned students, who provide valuable, unbiased information on their experiences. This assures our clients we have gone to great lengths to work with trustworthy organizations.
• Focus
  Conversing with students and listening to them articulate their passions, goals and hopes for their gap year encourages them to make deliberate decisions on how and where to spend their year out. EnRoute consultants identify with the desires of students as well as the concerns of their parents. We happily work with both parties to ensure everyone is satisfied with the opportunities presented.
• Knowledge
  EnRoute networks with organizations, returned gappers and other consultants to provide the best knowledge of programs, opportunities and experiences available.
• Opportunity Database
  Our consultants use a database of pre-approved programs, providing us with the ability to find responsible opportunities for our clients. Whenever we recommend a gap year program or opportunity, you will have the peace of mind of knowing it has been properly researched.
• Experience
  EnRoute Consultants have first hand experience with gap year travel and bring this wisdom to the planning process.

About Julia Levine

Julia Levine founded EnRoute Consulting in 2008, inspired by a challenging and eye-opening volunteer experience in Africa. Levine created EnRoute with the belief that more young Americans should engage in service work and travel as a way of learning about themselves and the world around them. In addition to private consultations, Levine enthusiastically advocates for the popularization of the gap year through public talks, visits to high schools and networking with guidance counselors and family professionals.

Levine is a graduate of Hamilton College in New York. Originally from New Jersey, Levine has lived in London, Maine, Tennessee, Wyoming and Tanzania. She currently resides in Missoula, Montana with her fiance, Tom and dog, Sylvester. In addition to travelling, Levine enjoys hiking, snowboarding, reading, photography and event planning.