Born and raised in Minnesota, Cindy Daigneault says a high school radio station job shadowing experience inspired her to seek out a...

Jessica’s first desert experience was a program in her Washington State high school called ‘desert school’. Growing up in lush Seattle...

Elena Yu started making trips to the desert with her pre-school classmates and their climbing dads. She recalls loving their regular trip...

Turiya Autry grew up on the west coast in Monterey Bay, eventually traveling up the coast to Portland where she lived for 20 years and...

Born and raised in South Orange, NJ - in the shadow of NYC - Merilee Kuchon’s early life was very suburban and urban. Merilee was about...

Adriana Lopez-Ospina (Pura) Growing up in the Coachella Valley, Adriana recalls feeling completely alien spending summers in mountainous...

Michelle Castillo is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, educator, and community organizer living on Cahuilla Land, also known as...

Rosa Ficara was born in Scafati, Italy- one of nine children. In 1973, despite a bit of a language barrier, Rosa began a long-distance,...

With turtle as her spirit animal, Supinda Sirihekaphong says wherever she is, is home. She was in awe of the colors and the sky on her...

Artemis first experienced the desert as a five year old visiting her godparents home in the desert. And again, a few years later on a...