Jr is a first generation bilingual bicultural storyteller, conservationist, and adventure athlete. Born and raised in the Bayou City, his appreciation for the outdoors grew from exploring his local waterways, neighborhoods, and “bikeways”. One of his first connections to the outdoors was cycling, the slow pace allowed him to see the environmental injustices in his neighborhood. He graduated from Reed College in Portland, Oregon with a focus on international relations, the environment, and art, a first in his family.

Currently, he works as a director, producer, dp, and conservationist in Jackson Hole, WY where he focuses on the relationship between nature and people with projects that empower communities to tell their own stories. Jr has worked as Director, cinematographer, and photographer domestically and internationally for REI, Ford Bronco, Feeding America, Patagonia, HydroFlask, and National Geographic. He recently Directed his first feature documentary, Across Together: The Return Expedition, a film for about young people reconnecting to the land by climbing North America’s highest stratovolcano.

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