As any great artist has their traumas & challenges, today I share with you the story that made me who I am today. The first time I smoked cannabis someone loaded the bowl with dried leaves & I smoked it without even knowing. Can you say embarrassing ? When I started smoking regularly my best friend & I would sneak into her dad's stash & thankfully had a real piece to use ! Before I get into the nit & grit of my travels, being in the cannabis industry, & modeling career can you guess what I was doing before? I worked at Red Robin as a line cook until mid 2019 when I decided I didn’t want to be in the food industry the rest of my life & I took a leap into the cannabis industry.

The first time I saw the ocean I went to San Diego with my cousins in 2017, got my first tattoo, & the first time I smoked California cannabis. 2019 I took my dog & best friend to see the ocean for the first time; a 3 day road trip from Colorado which was one of my craziest & best trips to this date. We nearly ran out of gas on the way West & got to see a handful of beaches pup got to run along. I’ve traveled ¼ of the U.S from Hawaii, to California, to New Mexico, to Florida, to my very first cruise to the Bahamas for a girls weekend. There’s nothing quite like swimming in clear water with goggles & seeing life so beautifully. After I quit Red Robin I had the glorious pleasure to travel to some of these many places & take a break before starting the next chapter in my life.

When I started out my cannabis career I got the upper hand in working in a dispensary & a grow as a trimmer. Being introduced to so many brands & products has been insane & I recently discovered Leiffa brands make rosin-infused chocolate bars ! During the pandemic I took the opportunity to go to back of house operations again & get hands on with products such as edibles & concentrates , mainly packaging. I've had some of the best hash rosin around from 710 Labs, Leiffa, Lazercat, & Boulder 14er. Juggling multiple careers is challenging but couldn’t be anymore rewarding as cannabis is what influenced this modeling journey in the first place .

The first time I stepped in front of a camera was with Sunshine Rizzolo the owner of 420 Pinups shooting a set for Suicidegirls, nailing it right off the bat! Within a year of modeling I had my first publication in 420 Pinups 2022 Calendar featuring August! I’ve had the greatest pleasure of knowing so many great artists from musicians, vocalists, poets, influencers & brands/companies, models, photographers, actors, designers, & even glass blowers like Heart & Mind Glass, Cannabis Connoisseur 007, & to even shooting in Green Dragon Co grow opp. This year I started runway modeling & have met more like minded individuals like Tiffany Nicks a makeup artist, Kory Craford / @hempathy_ltd a hemp jewelry maker, & Coral Euler who started up an amazing clothing line Weedgotstyle. Cannabis influencers & networking during the month of 4/20 for the win!

As a person who is an Indigenous Colorado Native, nonbinary & ill, my whole life been changed drastically everyday by cannabis & I can truly say I’m thankful for each & every opportunity that’s been presented to me through work & through medicine. As I suffer from mental & physical illnesses, cannabis is the one medicine I can turn to that’s not a pharmaceutical drug that can & does alleviate my multiple symptoms. By pursuing these careers I’ve not only become a published author but I continue to influence others & have even been offered to attend engagements like coproducing, hosting, traveling, & collabing on tons of creations & events. Nearly 3 years of being in the Colorado Cannabis Industry & 2 years of modeling I continue to surprise myself & push past the “limits”. Being a Scorpio born under a full moon definitely has its perks.