DME

🎂Just another year of jumping into la cultura que cura, and looking toward another year of showing mi gente that the waters’ fine. 🐸🤎✨🦎🌳

I always thought I had to travel far away from home to seek out adventure and connection to the environment. The idea of adventure has always played a huge role in my personal growth and my vision for life, but because of the limited stories about people that looked like me in the outdoors, I used to believe that adventure had to mean traveling far away and aspiring to be like people that didn’t look like me.⁣⁣
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In order to access what I thought was ‘outdoorsy’, I worked diligently in my early career days to invest in travel. I thought being outdoorsy had to mean canyoning in Switzerland, kayaking in Thailand, cliff jumping in Spain, four-wheeling in Greece, and hiking the rainforest in Puerto Rico. And while all of that was all amazing, I’ve been taking some time to embrace all the beautiful ways my own Mexican upbringing did in fact plant so many adventurous environmental seeds in me, and I’ve been getting excited about gear that that only empowers me to scale cliff-sides in Europe, but also helps me reimagine adventure right outside my front door.⁣⁣
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Adventuring near home has looked like:⁣⁣
~ slowing down, worrying less about efficiency and more about presence ✨⁣⁣
~ riding around to find the perfect cafes to read and write at⁣⁣
~ planning random surf days just because⁣⁣
~ literally feeling the wind in my hair, riding around in my ⁣⁣
~ learning to identify new little plantitas all around the city⁣⁣
~ going on impromptu trail rides because my new fits perfectly in my trunk⁣⁣
~ planning fun little weekend trips up and down the coast⁣⁣
~ going on neighborhood walks + bike rides to catch that air that only the mornings can provide⁣⁣
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I’m so grateful for all my travel experiences and I’ve also been steady two-wheelin’ towards alignment with this newfound capacity to see adventure in my own local area, creating a more peaceful, consistent, reliable, fun and sustainable life full of adventures. ✨⁣⁣
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Shoutout to the Brompton team for helping me adventure around my new home in LA.⁣⁣
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🚲 What was the last bike adventure you went on?⁣⁣
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Much love to 🤎

Happiest by the water AND getting over my fear of the ocean 🌊 ⁣⁣
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A huge part of accessibility to the outdoors and environmentally-based wellness practices is found in being able to explore the outdoors feeling supported by community. ⁣⁣
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Even though we were so nervous, and I had the coolest experience ever surfing recently with .project - and it reminded me that friends watching each other do things like eat salt water cocktails and get toppled over + over again, then finally experience that first gentle moment of gliding across the water is so gratifying. ⁣⁣
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It’s spaces like this, created by and for community, that remind how important it is to experience fear, vulnerability, growth and joy together. As children, so many people in our lives shape experiences around our growth so that, yes, we can experience growth, but also so they can participate in and bear witness to our growth. ⁣⁣
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~ The way parents watch us take our first steps ⁣⁣
~ The way friends want us to experience their favorite foods ⁣⁣
~ The way teachers create space to watch our presentations ⁣⁣
~ The way coaches feel connected to our triumphs ⁣⁣
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Ultimately, we’re just here to experience vibes together, to find joy in sharing things with each other and to play outside. ⁣⁣
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If you’re in LA, go check out my friends at .project ~ They offer workshops and retreats across all things outdoors, sustainability, and wellness to provide inclusive and safe environments for all humans to learn. 🌱🌎🐟

To all the souls in your shadow 🫶🏽⁣
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~ Your face is a legacy⁣
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~ When a word finally explains why you always talk about wanting your dream life to include helping people and seeing people be their happiest selves ⁣
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~ You got this 🕯 ⁣
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~ Defining love through radical healing, instead of suffering ⁣
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~ 😈 ⁣
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~ Opportunities for Joy are endless 🌼 ⁣
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~ The unfinished stuff you’re holding onto could be really be inspiring someone right now⁣
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~ candid + caring > ⁣
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~ new plans all day ⁣
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You da best. 🤎