Sydney Ferbrache, 24, travels full-time around America in a van with her dog Ella.

Ferbrache decided to pursue van life on her own after dumping her boyfriend and giving him the first van that they had bought together.

She saved up by working three jobs, plus side gigs, so that she could purchase and renovate her own van and hit the road.

Ferbrache has now been to 20 states and hopes to inspire other women to find the joy in traveling solo.

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One day, while scrolling through her Instagram feed, Sydney Ferbrache saw a picture of a girl in a van. Maybe it was fate, or just the algorithm, but it completely changed her life.

Now Ferbrache, 24, is the girl in the van, with 104,000 Instagram fans following her travels all across America with her dog Ella.

And she's doing it all on her own. After dumping her boyfriend, Ferbrache realized that she wanted to prove there is nothing scary about being a solo woman on the road.

Ferbrache talked to Insider about how her solo journey began, the incredible places she's seen on the road, and why she's tired of people telling her she's crazy for traveling alone.