I don’t know about you guys, but I live by the motto health is wealth! Health is something that’s always been important to me, from exercise to nutrition, to meditation and just being self-aware. I’m no nutritionist but I feel exercise is 30% while eating healthy and properly consumes 70%. I’m currently intermittent fasting and am doing the 16 to 8 method. This means I fast for 16 hours and end eating at 8pm. I’ll typically break my fast at 11:30-12 (got to do what feels righ

With April right around the corner, I decided to put together a bright yellow top from Forever 21 with my favorite mom jeans from American Eagle topped off with a pair of checkered vans. I was so excited to finally be able to take out this top when I saw that it was going to be a sunny day! Love this look! Check out my Instagram @on.trend for more styles and stay tuned for more OOTD on Free to Dream Digital Magazine! xoxo About the Author Isabella is a high school student wh

Hi! My name is Maya (read more about my double life on my Free to Dream Author's Bio and maristi.com) and I’ll be documenting my week through weekly blog posts on Free To Dream Magazine. This week I tried something I never thought I would. Morning showers. Monday @ School: Morning shower. Flowy cropped black pants, green & blue t-shirt. Thrifted leather jacket with the iconic pins that my best friend gave me. Heeled boots. Lunch w/ my best friends in the caf. Skipped gym, geo

Maya Aristimuno Photography "Why is violence still happening?" "This is our time to stand up", say multiple students who are marching and protesting outside on a frigid March day in Montclair, NJ. In the United States, there is a very clear gun culture that has been happening since forever. The strong kids who are watching their peers being killed are standing up. “Politicians who sit in their gilded House and Senate seats funded by the NRA telling us nothing could have ever

Christianna Hannum is a writer and filmmaker, living in Pennsylvania with her two children, adopted from Latvia. Her award winning film Goodnight Ladies is about her grandmother, a famous equestrian. Christy loves languages, speaks Italian and Latvian, plays tennis and you can always find her swimming. She is a sometimes stylist, English teacher and fundraiser for museums. She believes in firsts - first loves, first dance, first poem and first travel across the world. She is

Maya Aristimuno is a sophomore in high school living a double life. During the day she’s at school, trying to get through history lectures without falling asleep, and after school she hops a train to nyc to do photoshoots for big brands and influencers. She started her own creative agency a year ago, when she was 15. So far, she’s already created content package and campaigns with influencers from Refinery 29, shot for brands like Alice & Olivia, Cynthia Rowley, and tons of m

Video Created by Caitlyn Phu I had recently spent a week in the heart of New York City-- a change of pace from my life in Southern California. Well, that is an understatement. My arrival was greeted with flooding noises of honking and shouting, the heavy scent of halal carts, and 40 degree weather, which, I feel compelled to note, is 20 degrees less than what we would consider “cold” where I live. And, when I say that my trip to New York City was a “change of pace”, I mean th

Sophie is a recent graduate from University of Potsdam (Germany) and holds a B.A. in English Literature and Culture as well as Communication and Media, and additionally a M.A. in Anglophone Modernities in Literature and Culture. Based in Berlin but with Los Angeles as her second home, she works in the fashion industry for international brands at premium locations globally. Her passion for design and aesthetics are shared on her social media (as well as the occasional avo toas

I was invited to my first true high school party in January for an old friend’s surprise birthday celebration. As I am sure teens know, the usual uniform for a party is strictly tight revealing tops and short skirts or pants. I was not comfortable dressing like a 25 year old so to be comfortable in my own skin, I combined my every day style of mom jeans and vans and combined it with an on trend mesh top with a white slip underneath. I got many compliments which boosted my sel

Have you ever wanted to just get away from the everyday hustle or your regular social norms? It seems strenuous now, but do it and don’t look back. Stream cheap-o-air, find your ideal flight, and honestly - worry about the money later. At the end of the day, everything will fall into place. I took the plunge back in November and here I am, trying to make it in one of my new favorite Scandinavian cities, Copenhagen - or as the locals call it, København, for the next four days.