More than
a founder.
Ariana Fiorello-Omotosho is a founder, travel advisor, author, and genealogist building a life at the intersection of craftsmanship and curiosity.
She is the founder and CEO of CastReady — a platform reimagining how creative talent is discovered, trained, and represented, beginning with actors and models.
Before CastReady, she trained as a hospitality professional — first as a Delta Air Lines flight attendant, then with Westin Hotels & Resorts. That training shows up everywhere: in how she reads a room, in how she plans a trip, in how she builds a product.
Alongside CastReady, she works as a Fora travel advisor and a Travel Coach Network–certified coach, designing affordable-luxury, wellness, adventure, and heritage journeys for a small roster of clients. Her signature line — Roots & Revelations — is genealogy-informed heritage travel built on seventeen-plus generations of researched ancestry.
She is the author of seven children's travel books, a mother whose son has visited 20+ countries, and a working traveler writing as often from Zanzibar and Kyoto as from her home desk.
Dated, in order.
2012 · Genealogist.
Began researching family lineage; now 17+ generations documented across multiple branches. Formal training via Boston University's Genealogical Studies program (ongoing).
2020 · Travel Advisor.
Started as an InteleTravel advisor; transitioned to Fora Travel in 2026. Advisor practice continues on the Travel page.
2021 · TEFL Certified.
Certified through Bridge Education Group — the foundation for the Cultural & Communication Briefing service.
2022 · Travel Coach.
Certified through Travel Coach Network. Coaching clients on intentional, purpose-led travel design (ongoing).
2023 · Delta Air Lines.
Flight attendant. Hospitality seen at 35,000 feet — reading a cabin the way you'd read a room.
2024 · Marriott.
Hospitality operations on the ground. The guest experience from both sides of the desk.
Ongoing · Author.
Children's travel books — Globetrotting Kaiden, Anya & Khalil, Passport, and Expat Child series — plus adult works in progress on heritage, identity, and the history of slavery in Massachusetts.
Seventeen
generations.
A working practice since 2012 — quiet, continuous, and now the connective tissue between the writing, the travel, and the way I understand where I come from.
Focus areas
- — African American genealogy, with particular focus on my own core ancestral lineages.
- — Slavery in Massachusetts and New England — archival research, historical interpretation, and public history.
- — Heritage travel: Roots & Revelations, my signature travel line, is built on this seventeen-plus generation research.
- — Formal training via Boston University's Genealogical Studies program (ongoing).
Speaking & public history
- 2017 — RootsTech, one of the world's largest genealogy conferences.
- 2019 — AAHGS New England (Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society).
- 2019–2021 — Board Member, Royall House & Slave Quarters (Medford, MA).