Sea Year Part 1 (USMMA)

The moments in this short film are from my time as a deck cadet on the SS Horizon Enterprise, as part of the “sea year” I have to embark upon as a Midshipman at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA). I spent 4 months delivering goods between La-Honolulu-SF, but those 4 months would not have been the same without my sea partner Brandon Cordova, 3rd A/E Matt Jernigan, 3/M Kana Logan, and my good friends Lindsey Grandy and Ruzs Macadangdang.

Growing up in Colorado as a kid, I had always been fascinated by the mythical stories of explorers, pirates, epic adventures into the unknown, etc. Yet, actually going out and facing the unknown- that was hard for me. Overcoming that fear had been a big part of my development growing up, something that I will always thank my father for teaching me at a young age, especially since I was the kid who would be crying hiking up 14’ers, mainly due to the fact that I was scared of what I didn’t know up ahead. I was scared of the unknown. Yet, the dream still remained- I wished to live my life like that out of a story book, to live it to its fullest. Little did I know that those ambitions and imaginative dreams as a kid would lead me to explore the world by ocean, navigating ships the size of skyscrapers, going out into the unknown.

Thank you to everyone that has ever supported me in this journey of mine and continues to do so. It is very hard at times, but that’s life right? The challenge in life is what makes it interesting. All I know is that this adventure we call life is full of many chapters, just got to live it page to page.

Music by:
The Cold Hearts Collective- “Runaways”
Oliver Micheal- “Witness.”
M83- “Oblivion”

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