ABOUT
Roma Wells is a Sri Lankan and Irish author, adventurer and nature & travel presenter with a deep passion for wildlife and wordcraft. From sweltering lagoons to screech frost pastures, Roma has a family heritage entwined with wild animals and began pouring nature-infused stories at the age of just seven.
Roma has a background in foreign affairs journalism (Time Out London, The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times) and landed her own magazine column at age 16. She studied International Relations at Cambridge University (BA, 1st) and has written and presented across a range of areas from ecology to foreign affairs to international development and sustainable travel. She’s scribbled her way across a diverse range of terrains, from local magazines to the heights of 10 Downing Street and her debut novel, Seek The Singing Fish, was published by époque press in June 2022. As well as running her own sustainable travel company, Curious Fox, she currently works as a nature & travel presenter for various media outlets (BBC, TrueToNature)
Roma’s mission is to uplift mental health via exploring the wonders of our planet and galvanise positive social change.
Passionate about boosting mental health and wellness via the natural world, she has embarked on a range of projects which fuse lyrical language and soothing vocals with the wild lessons we can draw from nature. Oceanava, a creative mindfulness album made for those struggling with anxiety, grief, insomnia and lack of motivation, was written and performed by Roma (music by Dan Vinci) and will be arriving on Spotify in late 2024.
Lauded as 'where Lara Croft meets Steve Irwin', Roma presents a nature and travel channel where she promotes educational awareness about the natural world to improve mental wellbeing (630k+ followers, content individually accruing 3.8 million+ views). She also partners with travel companies to promote sustainable tourism and is the CEO of Curious Fox, a sustainable travel company which focuses on kinder ways to travel. Roma explores the globe crafting breathtaking adventures and leading group tours which give back to wildlife conservation and local communities, ensuring each trip supports our planet's species and locals at the grassroots level.
She is happiest scribbling under trees and at home you will find her bonding with an array of local London wildlife whilst finishing up her second novel and the pilot for her own nature show.
