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what began as my personal diary of travels and everyday adventures has grown into a space, where we inspire each other to grow, live presently, and pursue our own aspirations.

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hey, i’m joss

Content Creator.
RUNNER.
Storyteller.

i’m always down for an adventure, a good vintage find, and a quick tj maxx or homegoods run. i’m a latina entrepreneur balancing the corporate world, bride-to-be, and proud dog mom, amongst other things. if you’re here, it’s because we share a love for travel, wellness, thoughtful spaces, and the beauty in everyday life. i’m embracing my thirties with balance, adventure, and a love for movement.

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LIFE IN MIAMI, DAY-TO-DAY ADVENTURES, AND LITTLE MOMENTS IN BETWEEN

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recent travel guides

Madrid Through My Camera Roll: Where We Ate, Shopped & Explored.

Madrid Through My Camera Roll: Where We Ate, Shopped & Explored.

Traveling Smarter with Google AI: What I Learned in NYC with Googlers

Traveling Smarter with Google AI: What I Learned in NYC with Googlers

Bad Bunny Residency Weekend in Puerto Rico: What to Expect If You’re Going on a Sunday 🎤🌴

Bad Bunny Residency Weekend in Puerto Rico: What to Expect If You’re Going on a Sunday 🎤🌴

OʻAHU ITINERARY: 7 Days in Paradise

OʻAHU ITINERARY: 7 Days in Paradise

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Building little wedding morning surprises for my bridesmaids with gifts that feel personal, thoughtful, and so them. @etsy makes it easy to find gifts from small shops that celebrate every person on your list this holiday season! ♥️🫶🏼 #Etsy #ad

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something old for my soul & my wedding morning. 🤍💍

found the vintage Dior piece of my dreams, and there’s truly nothing like finding a secondhand piece that feels like it was waiting just for you.

📍 @coopercityantiquemall

#vintagebride #coopercityantiquemall #weddingmorning #bridetobe #vintagedior

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gifted with another trip around the sun ☀️ this is 34 🎂💖✨

A weekend filled with people and things I love 💕

a night out in Miami like it was 2016 💖

a night out in Miami like it was 2016 💖

a long walk with my best friend 🌴

A trip to an antique shop for my old soul!

a second night-gown to wear on my wedding day 💒

a stroll at a vintage market in the neighborhood 🏡✨

a stroll at a vintage market in the neighborhood 🏡✨

a night with a handful of the people I love sm!! 💖

a night with a handful of the people I love sm!! 💖

to still feeling hot despite the age on a chart or on a scale

a practice dance with my husband to be 💖

to continuing family tradition with my day ones

to funny birthday cards (I treasure them all!)

to never letting my whimsy go 🐰

to waking up in a household filled with love(!!)

And it show in my plants 🪴

To this beautiful life I blew 33 candles for… how lucky am I to call this life mine. 🤍✨

gifted with another trip around the sun ☀️ this is 34 🎂💖✨

A weekend filled with people and things I love 💕

a night out in Miami like it was 2016 💖

a night out in Miami like it was 2016 💖

a long walk with my best friend 🌴

A trip to an antique shop for my old soul!

a second night-gown to wear on my wedding day 💒

a stroll at a vintage market in the neighborhood 🏡✨

a stroll at a vintage market in the neighborhood 🏡✨

a night with a handful of the people I love sm!! 💖

a night with a handful of the people I love sm!! 💖

to still feeling hot despite the age on a chart or on a scale

a practice dance with my husband to be 💖

to continuing family tradition with my day ones

to funny birthday cards (I treasure them all!)

to never letting my whimsy go 🐰

to waking up in a household filled with love(!!)

And it show in my plants 🪴

To this beautiful life I blew 33 candles for… how lucky am I to call this life mine. 🤍✨ ...

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Wand in hand 🪄🎃🫶🏼

building our Halloween collection year over year. I’m so happy with it #halloweeninspo #halloweendecorations #fallathome #falldecor #spookyseason

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I heard you want to join the club? 🤍

Meetup 5: Candle Making & Becoming the Host 🕯️💖✨

This one felt extra special because it was everything Carpe Diem Social Club is about: supporting a local Miami business, learning something new, meeting new people, and leaving with a little more community than we came with.

Thank you @soydeliciouscandles + Geo for opening your doors to us, sharing your story, and teaching us how to make our own candles. Mine is cedarwood + leaves and she’s PERFECT. 😂🤌🏼

And just like that… we have ONE meetup left before we close out this season. (Unrealllllllll!!)

Miami girls, October is your last chance to join us this season.

Are you joining the club? 🤍🌴 #thingstodoinmiami #carpediemsocialclub #airbnbexperience #miamievents #candlemakingclass

I heard you want to join the club? 🤍

Meetup 5: Candle Making & Becoming the Host 🕯️💖✨

This one felt extra special because it was everything Carpe Diem Social Club is about: supporting a local Miami business, learning something new, meeting new people, and leaving with a little more community than we came with.

Thank you @soydeliciouscandles + Geo for opening your doors to us, sharing your story, and teaching us how to make our own candles. Mine is cedarwood + leaves and she’s PERFECT. 😂🤌🏼

And just like that… we have ONE meetup left before we close out this season. (Unrealllllllll!!)

Miami girls, October is your last chance to join us this season.

Are you joining the club? 🤍🌴 #thingstodoinmiami #carpediemsocialclub #airbnbexperience #miamievents #candlemakingclass ...

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attention to details 🫶🏼

all of this months of planning to a memory locked in forever(!!) #bachloretteweekend #bachdetails #bachelorettepartyideas #pinterestgirls #bridetobe

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our photobooth tradition remains undefeated (!!) 📸🎞️🤎

#bachelorette #bacheloretteweekend #carpediemgoescamp #photoboothideas #photoboothstrips

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I love this for him 💖

a big thank you to @marysweddingbridalvalet (best bridal seamstress in miami!!) for giving this @asos dress the look it deserved hehe!! 🫶🏼 #carpediemgoescamp #bridetobe #bachelorette

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very on brand for me to support a small business so aggressively that we became his best customers of the fiscal year 😂🫶🏼

PS. if you’re ever in the Keys, go show @islandshackkw some love!!! they made the mistake of handing us the music and next thing you know we had a full blown block party happening 😭😂 10/10 night, no notes. #bachloretteparty #bachloretteweekend #carpediemgoescamp #bridetobe #thingstodokeywest ...

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sincerely, a very attention to detail bride to be 🌴🫶🏼

so in love with my Camp Counselor Welcome bags for my girls!! (a big thank you to all the brands tagged & my sissy @francesmve who helped put these together with me!!)

#bachelorette #bachtotes #carpediemgoescamp #chasingthemedinas #bachloretteweekend

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I guess I’ll drink to that 🙃💍

a big thank you to @brightwildadventures for putting out a search and rescue 🛟 and then taking me to see dolphins. The girls were in deed having too much fun!!

#bachloretteweekend #bridetobe

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if found, return to ju 💍

#carpediemgoescamp #chasingthemedinas #bachloretteweekend

if found, return to ju 💍

if found, return to ju 💍

if found, return to ju 💍

if found, return to ju 💍

… 🦪 literally.

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i know love exists because of my girls 💖

in the way they show up. in the way they celebrate every version of me. in all the laughs, the long talks, the “text me when you get home,” the trips, the traditions, the ordinary days that somehow become the memories i never want to forget.

how lucky am to have lived so many little lives alongside these women? we’ve grown, changed, moved through different seasons, celebrated each other, held each other through the hard ones, and somehow keep finding our way back to one another.

missing a few very important faces from these photos too.

so long to being his girlfriend. luckily, i’ll ALWAYS be yours 🫶🏼

#bachloretteweekend #chasingthemedinas #carpediemgoescamp #bachloretteparty

road trip to Key West 💖🌴

night 1: big ol, slumber party

💍🫶🏼

day 2: something blue before i do 🦋💍

welcome to Camp Mrs

#carpediemgoescamp

💍🦋

day 3: how to lose your last name in 3 days(!!) 💛

💛✨

next stop: chasing the Medinas ✈️

next stop: chasing the Medinas ✈️

i know love exists because of my girls 💖

in the way they show up. in the way they celebrate every version of me. in all the laughs, the long talks, the “text me when you get home,” the trips, the traditions, the ordinary days that somehow become the memories i never want to forget.

how lucky am to have lived so many little lives alongside these women? we’ve grown, changed, moved through different seasons, celebrated each other, held each other through the hard ones, and somehow keep finding our way back to one another.

missing a few very important faces from these photos too.

so long to being his girlfriend. luckily, i’ll ALWAYS be yours 🫶🏼

#bachloretteweekend #chasingthemedinas #carpediemgoescamp #bachloretteparty

road trip to Key West 💖🌴

night 1: big ol, slumber party

💍🫶🏼

day 2: something blue before i do 🦋💍

welcome to Camp Mrs

#carpediemgoescamp

💍🦋

day 3: how to lose your last name in 3 days(!!) 💛

💛✨

next stop: chasing the Medinas ✈️

next stop: chasing the Medinas ✈️ ...

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