Community Features
Calling all community members to be featured!
Our community features will give you all the opportunity to share your voice with the community.
HOW IT WORKS
- Use this form to share some of your story with us and the community!
- We will read through and share features every month on our blog.
- All questions are optional so don’t worry about filling each one all at once!
Community Feature: Aleka Mayr
Authors: Faren Rajkumar @faren_wanderer ; Aleka Mayr @alekamayr Aleka is a self-declared positive thinker, mother widow, and adventure seeker who is guiding & teaching her kids though travel! Aleka and her children were drawn to exploration after the challenge of a loss in their family. BIPOC mothers on the road are the ultimate power symbol!
Community Feature: Blix & Bess
Authors: Faren Rajkumar @faren_wanderer ; Blix and Bess We imagine adventures on the road with Blix and Bess must be a fun and empowering experience! An inspiring full-time vanlife couple: one half “showgirl” and one half digital nomad. These two are full of knowledge of LGBTQ+ nomad safety and great stories of their travels. 1.
Community feature: Annie Nguyen
Written by Faren Rajkumar Meet Annie Nguyen, a vanlifer of Vietnamese descent who recently began exploring the US via vanlife. She is passionate about communicating the dire state of global climate change, and has learned on culturally-rooted minimalist practices in her nomadic existence. She shared some of her thoughts with us, about the queer WOC
Community feature: Julie Tsai
Written by Faren Rajkumar We chatted with fearless Vegas-based climber Julie Tsai (@theclimbingjuju on IG) about her climbing journey, how she respectfully explores & shares in outdoor recreation, and her excitement about increased minority representation in the outdoors! 1. Tell us about your journey, and how you discovered climbing! “I am a Las Vegas native
Community Feature: Nat and Abi @vanlifepride
Nat and Abi @letsplayrideandseek are a married couple originally from Charleston, SC, USA. In 2019 they began their vanlife journey in their self-converted van that they lovingly named ToWanda. Many vanlifers can understand their story, which is one of the many reasons these two are so relatable. “The daily grind of working 40-50 hours a
She’s got grit! Community Feature: Taylor & Trevor
Authors: Faren Rajkumar @faren_wanderer ; Taylor Jefferson @ayy_tay_tay ; Trevor Lately @trevorlately Introducing a fierce and visionary BIPOC climber & filmmaker duo, Taylor Jefferson (@ayy_tay_tay) and Trevor Lately (@trevorlately). They collaborated on a new short film titled “Grit” – documenting Taylor’s climbing journey and the BIPOC female experience in the climbing & outdoor adventure sphere.
Community Feature: Toyin Ajayi
Written by Faren Rajkumar Introducing Toyin Ajayi @YourLifeAfter25, founder of the new app: Outdoorsy Black Women! The app launched in May 2021, and promises to be a welcoming, inspiring, and fun space for Black Women to learn, meet up, explore possibilities, and be safe. “I’ve always been an outdoorsy person, as a kid, I would
Community Feature: Levy Shultz
Written by Faren Rajkumar . My name is Levy Shultz (@levydshultz on Instagram.) I am a 29-year-old Navy Veteran that loves to travel and see the beautiful things of the world. I have always valued time and the people around me over money. I strongly believe that you can always make more money, but you
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