My name is Erica. I started To the Sea as a baby blog in 2012. But here's where it really started...

I grew up roaming the shores of South Padre Island, Texas with a 110mm film Barbie film camera in my hand. Whenever I finished a roll I'd take to our local grocery store (H-E-B) to develop. I still remember the anticipation of seeing how my photos would turn out, and the joy of sticking them into various albums and scrapbooks. When film went to digital, the camera never left my hands. I joined yearbook at Port Isabel High School and documented student life in addition to my own. Making photos and memories has always been a passion of mine, but I never really thought it would be my job. After high school I left Texas for the University of Hawai'i. The first morning I woke up to emerald green mountains pouring into the bluest water, I knew it was a place I meant to be. 

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