Kelly Hayes-Raitt, aka the House Sit Diva, ran for public office and got her butt kicked 10 years ago. After a 30-year career as a political activist promoting social and environmental justice, she decided to take a sabbatical from politics and visited the Middle East several times where she worked with refugees. To finance her writing, she rents out her own home while she lives in other peoples’ homes, aka house sitting. She’s been housesitting full time since 2009 in the U.S., Mexico, United Kingdom., Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Gibraltar, Vietnam, Cambodia, China, Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, Senegal, Malawi and Mozambique. She’s visited more than 60 countries, including pre- and post-U.S. invasion Iraq and has co-led delegations in Syria and India. Kelly provides a wealth of knowledge on house sitting and is a leading expert on the subject.