For as long as I can remember, I’ve felt drawn to the vastness of nature—to those open spaces so quiet you can hear your own heartbeat, or perhaps the heartbeat of the land.
As a creator and designer, it’s my ethos to honor the sanctity and stillness of the natural world, humbly welcoming its invitations for connection and contemplation. For me, the desert is the closest thing to church—an unyielding, uncompromising space that fully envelops you, begging honesty, attention, and silence. It’s where I listen, where I heal, and where I create.
In the eleven years that I’ve spent working and traveling in remote desert locations, I’ve witnessed more than beauty, more than serenity. I’ve seen the burdens that our landscapes carry and the scars that we’ve inflicted on our Earth. I’ve discovered evidence of our consumption everywhere I go, even in the vast and vacant spaces that my soul belongs to. Plastic cups and bags littered across once-pristine vistas. Pieces of trash punctuating sandy dunes.
Behind the lens and beneath the surface—it’s everywhere. Plastic. Degrading our natural temples, harming our wildlife, and poisoning our future.
As soon as I saw the devastation that plastic waste was wreaking on our planet, I had to make a change. One plastic bag may not weigh much, but between the gifting boxes for work and the plastic water bottles at home, my own dependence on plastic weighed heavily on my soul. At first, I felt hopeless. And then I felt called to action.
As a brand ambassador for No More Plastic, I’ve continued my education about the impact of plastic and microplastic pollution. I’ve made changes at home and in my work, shifting my purchases and reusing plastic that’s sent to me. I’ve started honest conversations with friends and brands about what we’re doing to reduce our plastic waste.
If I’m being honest, I still have moments where my hope wavers and I feel afraid. When I see a patch of plastic debris in the desert, or when I think about the microplastics that I can’t see. I’m only human—fear is natural. But thanks to my work with No More Plastic, it no longer controls me. Fear guides me. It motivates me to take purposeful steps, ask big questions, and look beyond the surface.
Join me and No More Plastic as we endeavor toward a cleaner, healthier world. We can start small and think big—led by truth, mindfulness, and principled action.
