Itzel

Name + Pronouns: Itzel, she/her

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@vivalamer

Local Portland Shredr!

HELLO! My name is Itzel, I was born and raised in Mexico City but life took me to move from my hometown to the USA 8 years ago. Currently, I’m proudly located in the wonderful city of Portland. My skating love story starts when I bought my first pair of skates 5 years ago after watching the video of a girl doing backflips on skates in a ramp!!! Watching a person be able to do that blew my mind and gave me the courage to say: I wanna learn how to skate and how to do that one day (very far away) 😅

For a while I skated here and there trying to pursue my skating goals and dreams, but when the pandemic hit was when I really found my love for roller skating. I experimented with different styles (jam skating, park skating, urban skating, roller hockey, etc) but the one style of skating that has forever my heart is definitely artistic figure skating. I love the freedom and happiness that skating to your favorite songs gives you. It is in that moment when I’m flowing with the music around the court that I can totally feel free being my true self.

💖🏳️‍🌈 Being able to represent the queer community in Portland is truly an honor!!! I’ve been very lucky to be welcomed with open arms by them. The support, encouragement and love they have given me has everything to do with the type of skater I became and thanks to them, I rediscovered the meaning of belonging, family, and home. So happy and proud to represent them on 8 wheels.