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#37 Background's Sunday: Your Weekly Moment is Here! (1)
New article at Background Mag!
There are stories that start far from the places they end up transforming.
Valentina Pinorini’s is one of them. She grew up in a gray city, dreaming of the ocean long before she ever touched it. Years later, that dream became her path: she learned to dive, crossed oceans, planted coral, and found in the water not just beauty, but purpose.
Her journey is a reminder that a love for outdoor sport can evolve into something deeper—a way of living, a way of giving back, a way of choosing the blue every single day.
Valen also represents something bigger: a shift happening among young people who are turning their connection with nature into action. Her work shows how curiosity becomes intention, how intention becomes process, and how process becomes protection.
👉 Read the full interview here.
How a young Argentine diver turned her love for the ocean into a path toward marine conservation.
By BACKGROUND
Editor’s Pick
Watch: Chasing Coral (Netflix)
If Valen’s journey made you feel more connected to the ocean — or simply more aware of how fragile it is — we recommend Chasing Coral, a documentary that reveals what’s happening beneath the surface in real time.
It follows divers, photographers and scientists as they document coral bleaching around the world, showing both the heartbreak and the hope behind restoration efforts.
A powerful companion piece for anyone wanting to go deeper into the world Valen is helping protect.
Watch it here.
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