my story

I’m Claudia, a girl that loves dogs, plants, travel and sunsets.

Most importantly, I am passionate about empowering young girls and women to live a life for themselves regardless of traditional social norms or expectations.

I am currently self employed creating visual storytelling for a number of sustainable + holistic lifestyle brands. Also recently partnered with my best friend and launched KUDOS; a sustainable lifestyle brand meant to empower you in making sustainable swaps for your every day life.

Having spent most of my time in corporate America in the fashion industry, I felt there was simply more to life and felt a strong calling to spend my time more meaningfully.

Five years ago I discovered my love for aerial arts; I am a certified Aerial Arts Instructor and have even performed in a number of small shows. Aerial pushes and challenges me physically and mentally.  There is no other place I am more present than when I am dancing in the air wrapped on the fabric.

I am married, for 10 years now, 10 years! We have 3 dogs; Bailey, Bear & Hunter (in age order). Bear and Bailey are rescues, and Hunter is my husband’s working dog. You can learn all about my pups here.

Most recently, I’ve fallen in love again; with plants. I mean, who didn’t during quarantine? You will find a lot on my new green babies here now too.

Although I had a brief affair with McDonald’s French fries in college (and from time to time), I enjoy healthy, clean, eating and aim for an all organic diet. Also aim for eco friendly/ eco conscious/ non toxic products in my household and lifestyle and am in constant pursuit of zero waste living. I think it is our generation’s responsibility to make drastic changes in our lifestyle and save our planet. Also, I feel better when I’m eating clean and not inhaling toxic cleaning products; so win win!

I decided to finally start writing (blogging) and sharing on social media because I want to share my experiences with [particularly] young girls and women to hopefully empower them to make life decisions for themselves. My entire life has been filled with people all around me expecting certain things from me simply because I am female. From a very young age I was asked things like “When do you want to get married?” and “How many kids do you want to have?” When I say young, I mean well before teenage years. And from that age, I always knew I didn’t want to live a life for a husband or for kids- I wanted to live a life that was complete just with me.

In life I’ve always been dubbed as the “bitch that dgaf” and I’ve always been proud of that. To clarify, I care deeply about those close to me, and my passions; what I idgaf about is what others have to say about me in any regard. I am comfortable with my life choices and have always felt very confident that I owe no one any kind of explanation for them.

With that, I’d like to share some personal experiences, every day life stuff, lots of plants + pups and encourage /empower you to live a life for YOU with an IDGAF attitude towards typical social/traditional norms and hopefully inspire you to be more sustainable.

Hope you enjoy!

xx,