Destini Hall

Destini Hall (she/her/hers) is a Mixed Black Queer advocate for equitable workplaces, youth education access, as well as racial justice and representation in the outdoors. Destini’s love for the outdoors began during her youth, while growing up in Colorado where she was surrounded by Pine and Aspen trees. This love grew once she moved to… Continue Reading Destini Hall

Yasmine Raouf

Yasmine is an Egyptian-American from Alabama living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Yasmine works as an Engagement Officer for Trust for Public Land. She is interested in fostering space for movement and conversations around cultural relevancy and equity within outdoor and environmental spaces. Outside of work, you can find Yasmine writing about fatness, friendship, and… Continue Reading Yasmine Raouf

Vivianette Ortiz

Vivianette Ortiz is a Latina adventurer, co-founder, and Executive Director of Latinos Aventureros en las Carolinas, an organization that encourages outdoor exploration and community-building. She hails from Patillas, Puerto Rico, a beautiful town nestled between mountains, and beaches. She is also a devoted mother of two kiddos, 1 dog, and over 80 plants. Her advocacy… Continue Reading Vivianette Ortiz

Trevor Taylor

Trevor Taylor (he/they) was born and raised in Chicago, IL where the outdoors were small parks or local forest preserves. In 2019, Trevor joined Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC) as a member building trails on mountains over 14,000 feet. Wanting to make conservation more inclusive, they worked with staff in 2021 to develop and lead the… Continue Reading Trevor Taylor

Sydney Murray

Sydney grew up in Virginia where her love for the nonhuman environment was first developed. She graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a major in International Social Justice and minor in Environmental Studies. She currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah as a graduate student in the University of Utah’s Environmental Humanities program. Sydney’s research… Continue Reading Sydney Murray

Anka Rashed

Anka is ethnically South Asian but was raised in post-British Hong Kong. As a result, she is a hodgepodge of several cultures, many of which are underrepresented in the outdoors community. As someone who loved nature her entire life but lacked people to share that with, Anka is enthusiastic about exposing folks to the outdoors… Continue Reading Anka Rashed

Nieves Vazquez

Nieves Vazquez has interned with the National Park Service (Grand Canyon) and the NPS-RTCA (Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Programs – Inter-Mountain Region) to develop strategy plans that encompass difficult dialogues on engaging local Tribal Nations, Indigenous youth broadly, and rural community / communities of color with public lands. Nieves previously worked on urban farms… Continue Reading Nieves Vazquez