Carlos - February 2025

As a Colombian, he often faced misunderstandings—mistaken for Mexican or met with jokes about cocaine and Pablo Escobar instead of the country’s beautiful birds and rivers. Raised by a mother who instilled fear to keep him in line, he avoided drinking, smoking, or weed. But patience shaped his journey, and at 30, during his engagement party, he finally tried reefer for the first time—on his own terms.