BE Ultimate Brand Ambassador: Gabe Hernandez
Meet Gabe Hernandez, an inspiring Stanford student who's turning frisbee into a platform for self-expression and empowerment. In this conversation, he shares his journey from playing frisbee to becoming an ultimate brand ambassador, emphasizing the importance of embracing diversity and individuality in sports. Gabe talks about how seeing role models like Trent Dillon, a person of color who excelled on the field, made him feel seen and confident. He also highlights the value of having diverse teammates and being part of a community that celebrates unique backgrounds and perspectives. With his infectious enthusiasm and passion for frisbee, Gabe is inspiring young people to love the sport just as much as he does, while promoting a culture of inclusivity and self-acceptance.
Watch Gabe Hernandez discuss his role as BE Ultimate Brand Ambassador, featuring behind-the-scenes insights & interviews.
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be happy but never satisfied name is Gabriel and Eze and I play for Stanford what there's the my first like two years playing frisbee like when we played against other like we play against like pit and other good players and then doing my sophomore year was Trent Dillon's like Callaghan year and so like having him is like seeing him as like oh he's like really good at the sport and he's also like someone like a person of color like the teams to beat usually halfway just a ton of like white people and so for me being able to see like older players that like come from diverse backgrounds comedic stay and like eat and like buy into the sport knowing that people out there like look me up to me I would want other people to also be confident in their own skin and the in their culture and not feel that they have to pretend to be something else to fit into like the community and that there are other people seeing some of the young guys on the team and like seeing how much potential they have and how much like they can be developing and like I don't know I want that to be a good experience for them so they can love the sport the way I do and like keep coming back cuz the dope community and like I think more people getting involved is like really cool being better than ever like I think for me is like being better for like each other because like our winning is like cool and obviously everyone wants to win about the end of the day like having a really great experience and sharing memories together of like a college team at nationals I think is more important
