Who is Ben Stubenberg?

I have had the good fortune to grow up and live in quite different cultures and landscapes, and I think that allowed me to move easily between people and places. I was born in Hawaii, but also spent much of my childhood in Norway and then California where I went to high school and college.

After moving to St. Croix right after college, I taught high school English and reported for the local newspaper. During that time, I also earned a pilot’s license and flew to just about every island in the Caribbean. Later I lived and worked for months in Martinique and Haiti. Those experiences stayed in my heart even as I pursued more conventional careers in law and government in Washington D.C.

For more than 13 years now, I have been privileged to live on Provo in the Turks & Caicos Islands. Here, I co-founded an international open water swim race, “Race for the Conch” Eco-SeaSwim and began writing feature articles for the local magazine, Times of the Islands. Telling stories about the region’s tumultuous history and shining a light on those who are shaping the future today is a passion that I want to share. These ever-changing, always-alluring islands and the people who inhabit them are my reason to wake up in the morning.

Ben Stubenberg on the bluffs overlooking a secret beach in Middle Caicos.