Juan was born and raised in Santa Rosa, CA and began climbing after a trip to Yosemite in early 2021. During that trip, he stumbled upon Camp 4 and saw a boulder with a lightning bolt drawn on it with chalk, which is the classic “midnight lightning” V8 boulder problem. After seeing all the chalk marks on the holds he wondered how people could even climb up that boulder. When Juan returned home he began climbing at a local rock climbing gym and fell in love with not only the sport but the climbing community as well. Since then Juan has continued climbing and joined Session back in January 2023 working the desk and later joined the climbing instructor team in early 2024 teaching “Intro to Top Rope”.