As a senior in college with only 30 credits left to graduation, Mathew Garicki decided to quit school and walk across the entire United States in the name of peace. Mathew recently stopped here in New Orleans and I met up with him in a park to talk to him about his journey.

Dressed in a white t-shirt with the words "Peace Nomad" airbrushed across the front in bright colors, Mathew sat with me under the glow of a nearby streetlight and explained why he decided to leave his old life behind and start a new one as the peace nomad.