Author: Dalí Adekunle
Dalí Adekunle is currently a public health director in Brooklyn. She was raised in a multilingual and multicultural household and speaks Spanish, Yoruba, Portuguese, and English fluently. In addition to being an avid hiker and writer, she loves to explore cinematic depictions of public health and as it pertains to people of color.
A Way Outdoors: Thoughts on Race, Loving Nature, and Hiking to the Highest Point in Every State
My earliest memories of the outdoors were of the dense forests that encroached upon my grandparents’ home in Ilesa, Nigeria. I watched torrents of rain obscure the leafy dimensions of the forest. Precipitation of the day would mist at the floor of the jungle, creating a billowing white carpet for my capricious dreams and […]