Zachery Hazard
Author • Speaker • Catholic Educator
Where Faith Meets the Journey
Real stories of grace, calling, and the unexpected mission field.
Hazardous Travels
A memoir series exploring grace, calling, and the classroom-mission field
About Me.
I come from Filipino and Italian roots, raised by a grandmother whose kitchen felt like a chapel filled with prayerful silence and food made with intention. Childhood taught me to observe closely and listen deeply. Education became the place where discipline met curiosity. Sports taught me humility, hard work, and resilience, while early faith gave these lessons meaning and revealed that service and grace belong together.
My world opened when I joined Semester at Sea in 2012 and encountered cultures that expanded my understanding of God’s presence in both familiar routines and unfamiliar horizons. Becoming a teacher felt like the natural continuation of that journey, and serving as a Special Education teacher has shown me that the classroom is a mission field built on patience, compassion, and steady consistency.
My students helped awaken the call to write Hazardous Travels, a memoir shaped by years of reflection, travel, loss, prayer, and growth. Through writing and speaking, I hope to help others notice grace in their own stories and to show that God works quietly within every chapter of ordinary life.
Featured Books (Upcoming Releases)
Book Two- First Release
Hazardous Travels
Life Lessons from Continents and Classrooms (Coming Soon)
A guided reflection book designed for parishes, small groups, and individual formation. Each chapter blends personal stories, Scripture themes and practical invitations for deeper prayer and reflection.
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Book One- Second Release
Hazardous Travels
How God Formed Me Through Family, Fear and the Wide World
The narrative memoir behind the reflections. A journey through family, faith, travel, resilience, and the quiet ways God forms us long before we notice.
Book Three- In Development
Strength for Today:
Lessons From My Students
A collection of stories from years in special education, revealing how the classroom became a mission field of courage, gratitude, resilience, and grace.
A Book With a Mission!
Hazardous Travels was never meant to be just a book. From the beginning, it grew out of a desire to honor the gifts God has given men and to serve others in a meaningful way. Because of that, 50% of all author profits from this series will be be donated to charitable organizations that reflect the heart of the story: compassion, dignity and hope.
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This project is about more than just sharing a memoir: it's about building something that continues giving long after the last page is read. I want every copy to become an act of service. My prayer is that these stories not only inspire readers, but also help make a real difference in the world.
A Journey in Photos
During my 2012 Semester at Sea journey, I circumnavigated the Atlantic Ocean over the course of four months and visited sixteen countries in four continents. Here are some pictures I captured from the 20k nautical mile journey!
