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Etel Castillo

Associate Director of Program Quality
Worked at Holbrook Travel since: 1998
Favorite travel memory:

When I came to the USA for the first time. We went to Walt Disney World and I was mesmerized. It was a real WOW moment!

Etel attended Jacksonville University on an academic and sports scholarship and Florida State College at Jacksonville. Etel was born in Trujillo, Honduras and was raised in St. Lucia.  At Holbrook, Etel is responsible for quality control and incident management. Etel has visited many countries around the world including Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador and Galapagos Islands, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, Guatemala, Guadalupe, Honduras, Peru, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, St. Lucia, and Uruguay. Her favorite place to spend her free time is the beach, because she loves to fish, swim, and snorkel. 

The Holbrook Explorer

Photo of the Month: December 2025
Above: The critically endangered Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus) is a magnificent species native to the rainforests of Central and South America. These macaws heavily rely on the mountain almond tree
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