Q and A with Catrina from Rexburg, Idaho
“Denial will hurt you faster than any attacker.”
Q: What are you passionate about?
A: I am passionate about my safety and the safety of others. This ranges from personal defense to emergency preparedness. For over 20 years, I have volunteered with Madison County Search and Rescue. Working with multiple sheriffs and growing a capable and active team of volunteers. Also, I have served in several leadership roles in my church.
Currently, I am the Just Serve representative for my congregation. My business focuses on trying to change the way people think about self-defense to learning how to identify, avoid, and de-escalate threats instead of defaulting to only fighting your way out of the situation. I believe that personal defense is being prepared for any threat, including but not limited to, predators (animal and human), weather, and the elements. That’s why the focus is on teaching the many precursors and biological responses that can’t be hidden by an attacker. I also have started working on an apparel line that highlights the many phrases and key values that are used in the classes.
Q: What were your younger years like?
A: I grew up in a small farming community in rural Utah. The second to oldest (oldest daughter) of five kids, I have two brothers and two sisters. I have always been interested in emergency preparedness as I grew up; my dad was an EMT and both of my parents taught emergency preparedness. The area I grew up in was involved in a large flood event in the early 1980s. This increased my love for this topic. Right out of high school, I worked for the Forest Service as part of one of the wildfire teams. I graduated from Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) with an associate of science and art degree in recreation education. Then I went on to Utah State University and received my bachelor of science degree in parks and recreation management.
Q: What is something valuable you’d like others to know?
A: a) I am worth fighting for; I am worth defending and so are you. b) Denial will hurt you faster than any attacker. c) The body will never go where the mind has never been.
Q: What does feminism mean to you?
A: We all have our own unique abilities and capabilities. We should allow those traits to be amplified and shared whether male or female, always building and not tearing down others. Women should celebrate each other no matter their position in life and/or what their focus for growth may be.
Check out my website and learn about threat detection and mitigation here.
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