Our Team

Meet our Wanderlust experts

At Wanderlust, we know that life is meant for living. We aspire to help our clients realize their dreams and savor every moment. Our team of energetic and driven entrepreneurs has over 20 years’ combined business experience in Latin America. Equipped with extensive on-the-ground experience, we can guide you through the property buying and selling process in Mexico and make sure you’re living the dream in no time.

Ben started Wanderlust after becoming a veteran of the Latin American property development scene. With degrees in Anthropology and History, he has been attracted to the incredible cultural diversity and history of Mexico and Central America from a young age.

Kassidy Mefford Love is a native of Wyoming and has spent the last 22 years photographing weddings and Real Estate, predominantly in California, Mexico, and Nicaragua in addition to destination shoots all over the world.

Bo has lived in Latin America for over 10 years, developing an in-depth understanding of community development and the real estate market. His love of travel began at an early age.

Maya Trujillo, originally from Guadalajara, Mexico, is a designer with a global perspective.

Born in the forests of Bariloche, in Argentine Patagonia, but raised in Mendoza, she has lived in San Pancho since 2017.

Lola is native of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before becoming a real estate agent, Lola studied media and communications and worked in sales, marketing, and customer service at international companies like Assist Card and Liberty Argentina.

A Seattle native and alum of the prestigious HNA school, Alex experienced the magic of the riviera Nayarit in 2001 and continued to visit until making Sayulita her home after receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Literature and Psychology from Western Washington University.

Emily has been a wonderful addition to the Wanderlust family. Her tenacity and work ethic ensure she’s extraordinarily dedicated to our clients, while her community-building background fits perfectly with the Wanderlust ideology.

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Ben started Wanderlust after becoming a veteran of the Latin American property development scene. With degrees in Anthropology and History, he has been attracted to the incredible cultural diversity and history of Mexico and Central America from a young age. A hunger to explore brought Ben to Nicaragua where he spent five years building custom vacation homes. Because these projects were mostly on raw land with limited resources, he was forced to learn all facets of the development process: he was expected to be the designer, architect, engineer, and builder. Most of the furniture, cabinetry, and windows were built by hand, as was general infrastructure such as roads, wells, and electrical and septic systems. These five years in Nicaragua have made Ben incredibly resourceful, and developed in him an “anything is possible” attitude.

While in Nicaragua, he joined his wife Kassidy’s nonprofit, The Sweet Water Fund, a grassroots foundation dedicated to inspiring Nicaraguan villages and empowering the local women through job opportunities, healthy lifestyles, and the arts. They spearheaded many projects such as nutrition and fitness programs, a suspension bridge over the local river so kids could more easily get to school, and a school kitchen built completely out of recycled materials.

After returning to the United States from Nicaragua, Ben became a general contractor in Sonoma, California. He completed multiple prestigious projects in the Sonoma and Napa valleys, including the remodeling of old-world wineries and the building of several spectacular second homes.

Three years later, Ben and Kassidy realized that the lifestyle and pace of Latin America was calling them back, so, in 2016, they and their two little boys, two dogs, and two cats made the leap down to gorgeous San Pancho to start all over again.

Ben was fortunate to work under Fred Feibel of F.L. Feibel y Asociados in San Pancho, where he developed a deep understanding of the practices and customs of Mexican real estate. After Fred’s untimely passing at the end of 2017, Ben took on the role of broker and lead agent and ran the office with his mentor’s high level of integrity and customer service. In the following year, Ben boosted the company’s sales by 350%, increasing its referral base and closing ratio.

Now a sought-after agent in the Riviera Nayarit, Ben decided to start his own company, Wanderlust Real Estate + Development. He brings his tenacity, organization, energy, optimism and creativity to the Wanderlust team and prides himself on keeping everyone on track and their clients informed, calm, and happy.

Kassidy Mefford Love is a native of Wyoming and has spent the last 22 years photographing weddings and Real Estate, predominantly in California, Mexico, and Nicaragua in addition to destination shoots all over the world. She began developing her signature eye at the age of 17 after shooting a wedding for the first time; shortly thereafter, at age 18, her first nationally aired documentary followed. An accomplished writer and driven filmmaker, Kassidy has explored the many facets that influence creative photography and photojournalism. She always strives to capture something extraordinary in everything she photographs.

Although Kassidy is an honors graduate of the prestigious Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California, she is known for her character, photographic style, and vision. As a photojournalist for several California-based newspapers and magazines, Kassidy photographed countless homes in the Napa and Sonoma valleys for Sotheby’s, Coldwell Banker, and others. Her distinctive style of shooting involves capturing true moments and representing a home in its most beautiful way. In addition to capturing a room as it appears in real life, she also manages to highlight the finer details that make a house feel like a home.

Kassidy lived in the Southern Nicaraguan surf town of Playa Gigante for six years during which she founded a nonprofit, The Sweet Water Fund, which empowers local women through job opportunities, a healthy lifestyle, and the arts. She spearheaded several projects, including a school kitchen built completely out of recycled materials, a suspension bridge over the local river so kids could more easily get to school, fundraisers for the provision of school supplies, and a female health and fitness initiative that remains in operation until this day. In addition, during this time, she also owned and operated a highly successful surf lodge and tour company, where she managed 15 employees and increased sales and satisfaction by 80%, in addition to maintaining 100% five-star ratings on Tripadvisor for excellent service and hospitality.

After Nicaragua, Kassidy spent three more years as a photographer and filmmaker in Napa Valley where her two sons were born. In 2016, she and her family ventured south once again to the sunny shores of the Riviera Nayarit, and settled in San Pancho Mexico. There, she worked for Fred Feibel of F.L. Feibel y Asociados Bienes Raices, photographing all of their listings and creating promotional videos, as well as volunteering for a local community center, EntreAmigos, and fundraising for the local Montessori school, Escuela del Mundo.

In partnership with her husband, Benny Love, Kassidy leveraged her business management, hospitality, website building, and photojournalism skills, and decided to open Wanderlust Real Estate + Development. As Kassidy has also taken the AMPI-certified real estate course, Bienes Raices I, she has a firm understanding of Mexican real estate laws and the market. Kassidy and her photography team professionally photograph and film all of our listings, taking care of Wanderlust’s website and social media content as well as Multiple Listing Services (MLS) and FlexMLS. She brings years of experience and creative flair to the Wanderlust team and enables them to maintain a high level of quality and integrity.

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Born in the forests of Bariloche, in Argentine Patagonia, but raised in Mendoza, she has lived in San Pancho since 2017.

Daughter of a Major Master of Works and a teacher, social psychologist and unionist, she grew up between meetings, free games in the street, schools, union assemblies, books, construction works, the Andes mountain range with its rivers and fauna, and different spaces for artistic political expression (aren’t they the same?).

During her adolescence she studied English at the National Technological University and also hairdressing. Her secondary studies were oriented to education and social-community projects, which marked her choice of university when she discovered Sociology. She studied that career on two occasions, although finally various circumstances ended up distancing her from the spaces of formal education; mostly the little respect for the individual and even collective process of the learners. She then entered an online university with semi-classroom modules where she studied International Relations with the intention of taking a double degree in Sociology, but both degrees were truncated. During her third year in this second university career, she traveled to Mexico for a month … which is now many years later.

Before arriving in Mexico, she lived 5 years of intense political militancy – coinciding with her years of trying to study degrees – as part of the largest nonpartisan political organization in Latin America, La Cámpora. She played several roles within this space, mostly linked to community communication, and was also responsible for the university branch of this province, Mendoza. She participated in the campaign teams of various candidates in more than 7 electoral bodies. She also briefly collaborated in the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation as an advisor to the youngest legislator in Argentine history, Anabel Fernández Sagasti. During this period, she also worked as a facilitator and coordinated different training and inclusion programs for young people between the ages of 18 and 24, the most precarious age group in the world, those whom the press loves to call ninis.

Upon arriving in Mexico, Pirén discovered San Pancho and she instantly perceived (and appreciated) its vibrant but calm energy. She had worked in the most diverse jobs, until she found a space in our community organization, Entreamigos, in the area of Communication and Special Events where she spent 3 years. Similarly, she has worked as an assistant to a wedding planner for many years, coordinating around 15-20 weddings and events annually and also developed a model of sustainable subscription surprise boxes in conjunction with various entrepreneurs in the area.

She works in administration, is our broker’s assistant and basically runs the entire Wanderlust office.