I grew up in the Faroe Islands, a country of just 50,000 people.

Our healthcare has excellent Scandinavian standards, but our small size means we don’t have the capacity for highly specialized care.

So when I had a fire accident nearly 20 years ago, I became a medical traveler out of necessity.

Over the years, I flew abroad more than 25 times—surgeries, transplants, steroid treatments—learning firsthand what it means to cross borders for healthcare. At some point, it just became life.

And life moved on. I finished high school, moved to the U.S. for college, and built a concierge travel agency—helping people plan seamless, high-touch trips to unfamiliar places. I saw how much people value expert guidance when navigating the unknown.

After graduating from Wharton, I took the expected path—landing a well-paid and stable consulting job in New York. But no matter how far I got, one thing kept pulling me back.

Since moving to the U.S. nearly a decade ago, I’ve seen people struggle—not just with the cost of healthcare, but with access to care itself.

Unpredictable insurance. Sky-high out-of-pocket costs. Critical treatments just out of reach.

So I figured that if US healthcare is so inaccessible for Americans, perhaps we can help them access care elsewhere — just like people do back in the Faroe Islands.

So I left my job and started Origin Fertility—combining my experience as a medical traveler with my expertise in concierge travel to make exceptional, affordable care a reality for Americans—starting with fertility treatments.