Breaking Down Barriers to Nature for the Latino Community with Vivianette Ortiz Caraballo

Access to nature is a fundamental right, and Vivianette is advocating for it in a creative way.

 

Vivianette Ortiz Caraballo is a proud Puerto Rican, Latina, and madre living in Western North Carolina.

 

With a passion for community resilience and adventure, she founded Latinos Aventureros to help others enjoy the fundamental right of access to nature. Her outdoor events and programs are a form of advocacy and community to create spaces of belonging and growth for others.   

 

We talk about:

• The branding of the word “adventure” and how for many, outdoors is just part of life
• Why Vivi moved from Puerto Rico to North Carolina as a teen mom
• The shift in her relationship to nature with the move
• Why hiking seemed like an unlikely hobby for Vivi and how she got started
• Quitting a job to have more time to build an outdoor community
• Founding and leading Latinos Aventureros, a hiking community for Latinos and BIPOC
• How outdoor community is a form of advocacy
• What folks in the continental US should know about Puerto Rico
• How we can all become advocates for our most important causes

 

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Connect with Vivi:

• https://www.facebook.com/ortiz.viv/ 
• https://www.instagram.com/vivi.la.exploradora/ 
• http://latinosaventureros.org/

 

Get more inspiring thoughts on community advocacy by listening to How to be an Imperfect Advocate and Pursue Outdoor Adventures in a Changing Climate with Alpinist Graham.

 

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