Nadine Fonseca
“Someone is watching, awaiting inspiration— maybe it’s your children, your sister, your friend, or maybe it’s that teenage girl you used to see in the mirror anticipating all the adventures that life has to offer. Take the step. I’m rooting for you.”
đź’śNADINE FONSECA
🧡LOCATION: AUSTIN, TEXAS
đź’›PHOTO BY: HANNAH KROFF
❤️EDITING: TENLEY CLARK
🖤BLACK ”TEARS” ITEM: CONVERSE/SHIRT
đź’™SKIRT BY @INDIE_TRUE_
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🎤IN NADINE’S WORDS...
I've had these black @converse Chucks since I was a teenager. They were a hand-me-downs from my sister. I remember when she handed them off to me before going to college that I tried to play it off like it was no big deal... so "whatever". But I had seen the adventures that my sister had in these Chucks and there was a palpable thrill bubbling up inside me just thinking about what my own adventures in these shoes might look like.
Fast forward almost 20 years... I have had my fair share of adventures, struggles, challenges, victories and defeats-- maybe not always in my Chucks, but they've stuck it out with me after all this time. Since then, I've come to learn that we all have within us something that someone silently idolizes from a distance. We each have the capacity to be our best self and the only difference between those who feel accomplished in that pursuit and those that don't is taking daily steps toward it. We've got to walk the walk.
There's a reason a GPS won't start dictating until you're in motion... Take those steps and get in motion. Someone is watching, awaiting inspiration-- maybe it's your children, your sister, your friend, or maybe it's that teenage girl you used to see in the mirror anticipating all the adventures that life has to offer. Take the step. I'm rooting for you.
About Nadine…
As the Founder and Managing Director at Mighty Kind, Nadine Fonseca is known for her hat juggling across all departments at the children’s anti-bias education start-up.
Married to her middle school sweetheart from the San Francisco Bay Area, she also has an ongoing love affair (don't worry, he knows) with all things organization— from color-coding to technology hacking, this homeschooling mom of four has multi-tasking down to a science.
In true Latina fashion, her free time is spent engaging in some combination of food, family, and music. Learn more about anti-bias/anti-racist learning resources for children and adults at @mightykindkids.