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Builder of the most radically advanced action sports wheelchairs on the planet!

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A rare get ready with me because we have a key note to deliver!

Being paralyzed takes TIME.

Between bowel and bladder, transfers, getting dressed, loading my chair, wheeling from here to there and all the little things that just take longer, being paralyzed takes about 3 hours out of my day.

Going back to work full-time has made me even more aware of it.

If I’m already starting every day at a time deficiency, I have to decide where the rest of my time is actually worth spending.

I can do the full makeup, lashes and hair.

But that takes me about an hour.

Most days?

Give me 10 minutes of makeup and my natural hair and I’m GOOD.

And honestly, I love the natural version of myself.

To me, I’m pretty.

I don’t feel like I NEED the lashes, polished hair or full face to feel that way, but sometimes I like the lashes, hair, and full face.

It’s just not where I want to spend an extra 50 minutes every day in this period of my life.

There are businesses to build, work to do, workouts to get in, a family I want to be present for and a life I actually want to LIVE.

Maybe one day I’ll trade some of the grind back for the primping.

But for now, the 10-minute version of me is doing just fine.

And for a keynote and an award?

I figured we could let the dolled-up version of Jesi come out for the day.

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Places TopSpinn influenced with wheelchair breakdancing 😂🤣😂🤣😂

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Mostly California Summer

A summer spent with old friends, new friends, family and all types of adventures. A necessary grounding and reset moving into this next chapter.

So so much new music coming soon! 🫨

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I thought I knew what gratitude was.

Turns out, I had absolutely no idea.

Being on the other side of this wound, there honestly aren’t words for how thankful I am to just be back to LIVING my life.

Sometimes you don’t realize what you went through until you’re finally on the other side of it.

A year on and off bedrest.

Every day revolving around how long I could be in my chair.

How much work I could get done.

Going to work.

Going to doctor appointments.

Then getting right back out of my chair so my body could heal.

A year of trying to figure out how to keep living my life while also giving my body what it needed to heal.

There were SO many times I thought…

If I could just stand, this wouldn’t be a problem.

And the crazy part?

My wound came from a skin infection.

Not even from the pressure injuries we’re constantly told to worry about with paralysis.

It literally came out of nowhere.

And I think there’s a lesson about LIFE in that.

Hard times can come out of nowhere.

Struggle can come out of nowhere.

Something can happen tomorrow that completely changes the way you’re able to live your life.

Which is exactly why it’s so important to LIVE NOW.

Stop waiting for the right time.

Stop waiting for perfect circumstances.

Stop saying you’ll do it when life slows down.

Go on the trip.

Start the thing.

Spend time with your people.

Move your body.

Go outside.

Do the things you keep saying you’re going to do “one day.”

Because I spent a year wishing I could do some of the most NORMAL things.

Just getting in my wheelchair without thinking about a wound.

Leaving the house without calculating how long I could be gone.

Living a day that didn’t revolve around healing.

Things I never thought twice about before.

I thought I understood gratitude.

Now I understand it differently.

Sometimes the biggest blessing is simply being able to live an ordinary day.

You have TODAY.

Be grateful for it.

And then go LIVE it.

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I wasn’t going to post this photo because I didn’t feel my best on that stage that day. So much had gone wrong that week, that day, and I didn’t feel like myself. I was in so much pain and sick.

But I need to practice what I preach to young girls: own every version of yourself. I still showed love even when everyone didn't know what was going on behind the scenes with me. So, yes I may have had an uneven tan, or that I didn't get to tan as dark as I wanted, that most of my costume never arrived, the days you don’t feel your best, own it all.

Life won’t always go as planned. Show up anyway. Take up space anyway. Be proud of the woman staring back at you anyway. Your confidence doesn’t come from being perfect, it comes from knowing your worth even when you don’t feel your best. 👑✨

Most will never know the things that happened in those few weeks and if you did. You'd go there is no way that happened to one person, but it did. And we all made the best of it and found the silver linings without letting all the queens know (none of us wanted to ruin their experiences). And someday I will tell my story, but this week is about letting someone else shine. Two things can be true at once. I can tell my story, but I can also want the best for others.

Thank you to the sisters for sending me this!

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Saturday was a memorable one. Following our Skate School session, we were proud to be a part of @nhf_omaha’s Street Dreams at @millworkcommons — a day built around WCMX, skateboarding, BMX, music, cars, and *most importantly*, community 👏

Street Dreams raised funds for adaptive equipment for youth with disabilities, creating more opportunities for young people to move, participate and have fun.

We got to hang with our friends at @box_wheelchairs, @centralskateshopomaha, @skatefestomaha, @nowearbmx + and watch an incredible Pro WCMX demo from @wheelz 🔥 Big shoutout and congratulations to the Nick Howe Foundation for bringing Street Dreams to life!

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Street Dreams, 9/19/26

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🚨STREET DREAMS 2026!🚨

Skateboarding, WCMX, 90s cars, BMX, music, good people and a whole lot of energy all came together at Millwork Commons. @millworkcommons

But the coolest part was that all of it was for something bigger.

The event was put on by the Nick Howe Foundation to help provide adaptive equipment for kids with disabilities and create more opportunities for them to get out, participate and do the things they love. @nhf_omaha

A huge thank you to Skatefest Omaha for helping Central Skate Shop use the warehouse to build the ramps, and especially to Travis Fowler for helping make it happen.

And thank you to Nowear BMX for coming out and absolutely destroying the ramps. It was incredible to watch.❤️🤝

Getting to see kids experience WCMX, watch Wheelz ride, see everyone skating and riding, and have the whole community together was something I’m really glad I got to be a part of.

Huge thank you to everyone who showed up, everyone who helped make it happen, and everyone who supported the cause.❤️❤️❤️❤️🤘

Here’s a little look at the day. 🛹♿️🏎️

Video by @liambeal_

@nickhowefoundation
@millworkcommons
@aaronwheelzfotheringham
@skatefestomaha
@centralskateshop
@nowearbmx
@nebraskaskateboardingarchive
@hello_apts
@box_wheelchairs

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Good ole shit whip almost ate it #wcmx #wheelchairskating #havefun #spin

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🚨 STREET DREAMS IS THIS SATURDAY. 🚨

So what actually is Street Dreams?

It’s a 90s-inspired day bringing together skateboarding, cars, WCMX, music, nostalgia and Omaha’s community — but there’s a bigger reason we’re doing it.

Street Dreams is presented by the Nick Howe Foundation, and the money raised will help provide adaptive equipment for youth with disabilities. @nhf_omaha

The goal is simple: remove barriers and give more kids the opportunity to move, participate and find their own version of fun.

And we’re making it a pretty damn fun way to do it.

🛹 Live skateboarding + open skate
♿ Adaptive WCMX
🏎️ Iconic 90s sports cars
🎵 Music
🔥 90s throwback atmosphere
🤝 Local skate shops, organizations & comunity
⭐ WCMX pro Aaron “Wheelz” Fotheringham @wheelz

There will also be adaptive WCMX equipment available through our partnership with Box Wheelchairs, giving youth with disabilities a chance to actually get out there and be part of the action.

STREET DREAMS
📅 Saturday, September 19th
⏰ 12–4 PM
📍 The Prairie at Millwork Commons
1229 Millwork Ave, Omaha, NE

Come for the cars.
Come skate.
Come watch Wheelz.
Come hang out.

But most importantly, come be part of something that helps make skateboarding and movement more accessible to kids who might not otherwise get the chance.

See you Sunday 🛹🏎️♿ ❤️

#StreetDreams #Omaha #OmahaEvents #OmahaSkateboarding #NebraskaSkateboarding WCMX AdaptiveSports NickHoweFoundation MillworkCommons OmahaCommunity

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Church on the move ♿️🤙🏻 @wizkhalifa #wheelchairdontcare #catchmeifyacan #paraplegic #kudos #wheelwithus

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When life hands you some kind of trauma you’re often left in survival mode.

Getting your body out of it is a full-time job. Because once you’ve experienced the trauma you no longer get to live in ignorant bliss of not knowing what life can serve up to you.

You are now aware of just how fragile life is. This isn’t to say you’ve never experience hardship but the co-morbidities that follow trauma never go away. Keeping you confined in the “safety” of “not making it worse.”

One of the biggest lessons my paralysis taught me is that without risk there is no reward. Doing the things that absolutely rock you to the core is what allows you to grow and develop as a human.
It’s what allows you to progress past the point of what’s comfortable to what absolutely SETS YOUR SOUL ON FIRE.

I think somewhere along the line I stopped taking my trauma so personally. Sometimes bad things happen to people. That’s just life.

But what you do after it, that’s what’s life changing.

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