Archives: Biographies

Kevin Frias

Kevin Frias

“I’ve been told that I am a broken Black man because of what I enjoy and what I want others to enjoy. I want to tear down that stigma. Whether you grew up in th...
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Molly Schneider

Molly Schneider is an outdoor enthusiast, adaptive yoga instructor and spreader of joy who is learning to overcome quadriplegia. She thru hiked the Appalachian ...
Kimberly Wheatley

Kimberly Wheatley

Kimberly Wheatley is a pediatric emergency nurse, world traveler and self-proclaimed late bloomer when it comes to the outdoors. With her kayak in tow, she love...
Ashley Nichole Lewis

Ashley Nichole Lewis

Ashley Nichole Lewis is a member of the Quinault Indian Nation on the Olympic Peninsula and a fishing guide. She strives to make rivers and the sport of fishing...
Sally Francklyn

Sally Francklyn

Sally Francklyn is a Colorado native who loves the outdoors. She's a former online editor for SKI magazine and had a brief stint in PR. After a serious backcoun...
Falan Blake

Falan Blake

Falan Blake is an entrepreneur and media personality from New York City. She owns a PR, branding and marketing firm in Phoenix, Arizona, where she’s also an amb...
Tabatha Knudson

Tabatha Knudson

Tabatha Knudson is from Honolulu, Hawai’i, and is currently a college student at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. She has been an environmental activist for ...
Sadiqaa Horton

Sadiqaa Horton

Sadiqaa Horton is a wife, mother, grandmother and an African-American Muslim. Sadiqaa was born and raised in Philadelphia. She is the oldest of five siblings. O...
Kam Redlawsk

Kam Redlawsk

Kam Redlawsk is a disabled industrial designer, artist, advocate, traveler, writer and speaker. She’s also a Korean American adoptee. She has been an advocate f...
REI Co-op Product Team

REI Co-op Product Team

The REI Co-op Product Team is a Seattle-based team of designers, developers, strategists and engineers—all collaborating to make products that live up to the co...
LeAnne Wiles

LeAnne Wiles

LeAnne Wiles was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, and currently resides in Seattle. LeAnne is a former foster parent and a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sororit...
Ranice Innocent

Ranice Innocent

Ranice Innocent is a wife, a mother of two incredible children, and a race and equity educator/consultant and leader through www.letsdowork.org. She also volunt...