00:00We are 100% a Toyota family.
00:05Everyone drives a Toyota,
00:08but no one else drives a Foreigner except me.
00:11According to Abuela,
00:13the color of my car is café con leche.
00:20My name is Lauren Paulette.
00:22I won the 4Runnerlandia Contest.
00:24The prize is a 2025 Toyota 4Runner TRD Pro
00:30and cash to purchase land to explore with the vehicle.
00:35I feel like my best self
00:37when I am outside and interacting with nature.
00:43My dream is to find a property in West Virginia
00:48that I can turn into a wellness retreat space.
00:53A place where every fall
00:56I can bring a group of women
00:59from all backgrounds, all ethnicities,
01:02all, you know, walks of life
01:05to come and relax
01:08and experience the sort of peace that I feel
01:14when I am in nature.
01:16A sustainability professional can be a lot of things,
01:24but in my case, I help educate residents
01:28on sustainable lifestyle choices
01:31that they can make every single day.
01:33I've never had a new car before.
01:35This is, like, amazing.
01:37My favorite feature right now is the heated steering wheel.
01:49One thing that I have learned from the oak trees is patience.
01:54Oaks take their time, and nature takes its time to produce great things.
02:02And so, as someone who comes from, like, a super fun, vibrant, rowdy, Cuban family,
02:12Patience is not necessarily something that we prioritize or are raised with,
02:20but it's something that nature has helped me learn.
02:23And so, as I get older, I think about how we can learn a lot from the oak trees
02:29and we can be more patient.
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