In this episode of Painting Your Path™ I sit down with Courage: actor, activist, and community organizer to explore what it means to find home, rebuild after devastation, and keep showing up for your community.

Courage shares how an unexpected Facebook ad, a cross-town bus ride, and a deep sense of grief led them from downtown LA to Altadena, where they discovered the kind of small-town community they didn’t know they were missing. They open up about living through the Eaton Fire, why their home’s survival felt like a miracle, and how that moment propelled them into intense community organizing in the fire’s aftermath.

You’ll hear about the heart behind projects like the Altadena Community Recovery Calendar, support networks for fire survivors, and why Courage chose “resistance” as their word of the year.

Connect with Courage:

Courage’s Altadena Central Info Hub: couragetheactor.com/altadena
Altadena Community Recovery Calendar: altadenacalendar.org

Connect with Clarissa:

April 11th Women’s Retreat in Pasadena, CA. Email the word “BLOOM” to clarissa@clarissastudio.com for more details or to sign up.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarissacastilloramsey.art
Self-Paced Vision Board Workshop: https://fromemployee2entrepreneur.live/visionboard
SAVE THE DATE: June 6th ALTA Arts Fair at The Fraternal Order of Eagles #719, 455 E Woodbury Rd, Altadena, CA 91001

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Finding Home, Healing, and Resistance in Altadena with Courage Escamilla