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Tatiana Butte is advocating for state agencies that govern the state’s outdoor spaces to start prioritizing equity and access issues. / Photo by Adriana Heldiz
Until her junior year of high school, going outside for Tatiana Butte meant running errands or going to the store.
Butte, who grew up in Paradise Hills and continues to live there, said that as a kid, the parks closest to her home often felt unsafe, and her family didn’t have a car to drive to nicer ones farther away.
During her junior year of high school, Butte got involved with an organization in southeastern San Diego, Outdoor Outreach, that links youth from communities like hers to the outdoors. Through the program, she went kayaking and to the beach in Coronado – two firsts. The only beaches accessible by public transport from Paradise Hills are Mission Beach and Imperial Beach, and both journeys took hours.