When Elizabeth Hathaway moved from Los Angeles to Atlanta six years ago to become the assistant U.S. attorney and deputy chief of narcotics, she viewed the change as a great career opportunity and a chance to experience a different culture. Hathaway had never lived in the Southeast.

But she has traveled to 23 different countries on six continents. Along the way, she’s seen wild animals in Africa, been to the Oscars and walked the streets of Jericho.