Today is Day 1 of 2012’s journey to Alaska and it is a day that I can’t believe is already here! It’s been a privilege to learn from the 2012 team this semester. They are incredibly strong, powerful, and determined. I respect and look up to each one of them and I hope their journey […]

If there were ever a time to dare, to make a difference, to embark on something worth doing, it is now. Not for any grand cause, necessarily– but for something that tugs at your heart, something that’s your aspiration, something that’s your dream. You owe it to yourself to make your days here count. Have […]

365 Days until I’m wide awake at night, waiting for the sun to rise and let me know it is Day One of the ride, thinking, “How do you ride your bike to Alaska?” “You just keep pedaling.” What friends and family members will be listening as we perform our first dedication circle of the […]

Texas 4000 journal Day 0 UT campus to Cedar Park Miles: 43 Today was our big day! A mixture of emotions, the jitters and getting to meet so many people. We started our day with the ride dedication circle at Lbj fountain. An emotional experience summarizing our training experience, our teammates, ruel, and why we […]

I woke up like the boy in Stuart Little screaming ITS TODAY!, ITS TODAY! This is so different from my mentality when I went to bed last night, thinking about a very daunting tomorrow. It was a nervous anxious about jumping into unknown territory. Everything I do for the next 70 days will be an […]

Write about a time you overcame an obstacle. I remember writing an essay to this prompt at the beginning of my senior year of high school for my English class. Our teacher told us it would come in handy for college essays and other applications. Boy was she right. I think I used that essay […]

It’s the night before the ride, and today has been overwhelming. After 17 months in the organization, all of the loose ends came down to this one last day. As Travel chair, I printed out the binders that contain this summer’s logistics. From turning Left onto Union Ave from Boulevard Ave in Olympia, WA, to […]

So it’s 11:40pm on the night before Day 0. This is weird. Time has gone by so fast. It seems like not that long ago that I was in Alaska greeting my brother and the 2010 team as they finished their journey. I can’t believe the time has come for my team to leave. First […]

For days now, I’ve felt like that little kid in the back of the van, incessantly repeating the question that just about pushes everyone around her to the edge of insanity: are we there yet? The thing is that we still have miles and miles to go; 4,500 miles to be exact… These are the […]

On November 2010 I was accepted to organization known as Texas 4000 for Cancer. Little did I know that this organization has transformed to the person I am today and so honored to be a member in. Starting Tomorrow (June 1st) my teammates and I will embark in the longest charity bike ride known to […]