The Warm Up: A Podcast By Keep Nature Wild

Ep 11: The Outdoors As A Safe Space With Raquel Gomez

July 18, 2022 Bri Sullivan
The Warm Up: A Podcast By Keep Nature Wild
Ep 11: The Outdoors As A Safe Space With Raquel Gomez
Show Notes

Every person of every color should have a chance to experience the outdoors comfortably. It’s just beautiful to have a safe space where people from different cultures and backgrounds could come together, explore, and connect through nature.

In this episode, Bri interviews Raquel Gomez, the founder of Atabey Outdoors. She talks about what made her come up with the idea of creating Atabey Outdoors and its vision. She also shares some of her beautiful experiences exploring the outdoors with the girls and the next years for Atabey Outdoors.

Listen up and learn more.


Episode 11 at a glance…

  • Raquel Gomez and Atabey Outdoors
  • How Raquel was introduced into the outdoors as a kid and her early outdoor experiences
  • The root of  propelling Atabey Outdoors to creation
  • -What it’s like for Raquel to be the only person in color in the space
  • The meaning of Atabey and the origin story of Atabey Outdoors
  • The next 2-5 years for Atabey Outdoors
  • Getting support for Atabey’s first activities
  • Grand Canyon camping experience
  • The memories after every adventure
  • What does keeping nature wild mean for Raquel


Until the next episode!



Today’s Guest:

Raquel Gomez is the CEO and founder of Atabey Outdoors.

Atabey Outdoors is a non-profit organization committed to providing fun and safe outdoor experiences for black, indigenous, and youth of color.


Connect and know more about  Raquel and Atabey Outdoors here:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/atabeyoutdoors
Website:
https://www.atabeyoutdoors.com
E-mail Address:
hello@atabeyoutdoors.com




About the host:

Briana Sullivan is the Community Manager of Keep Nature Wild. Her passions for writing, trail running, and community building sparked and fires up the value that she brings to creating compelling and exciting content and campaign ideas.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briana-sullivan-31602224/



More about Keep Nature Wild:

At Keep Nature Wild, we like to have fun outside. We share stories around the campfire. We look up at the stars. We dream big. We laugh—loudly. We bring that light-hearted spirit to every item we make and every outdoor cleanup we host.

Our products are crazy cozy, super soft, and exceptionally comfy. We design outdoor apparel and accessories to bring a smile to your face, to brighten your day, to enable your next adventure, to spark connections, to build community, and to make our planet a better place.

Website: https://keepnaturewild.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keepnaturewild/