Who is Trinity Tew, What does she do, and why does she do it?
My name is Trinity Tew. I am and have been: a daughter, a sister, a friend, a lover, musician, artist, and athlete, a student, scuba instructor, marketing manager, and sufferer of three chronic invisible illnesses. I am all the things that make me, me. I am more than this, for I am also kind, passionate, honest, and joyful. I am creative and strong as well. To say I have it all figured out would be a lie, so I cannot tell you that. But I share myself fully in hopes it will be returned.
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I come from a loving family of two nerds. I grew up in a small town in the southern USA, where I was a ballerina and beauty pageant winner. At 5, my parents gave me the best gift ever… my baby brother.
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I continued dance and tried several sports, loosely. During this time, my family moved to a larger city, still in the southern USA. But no, I do not have an accent. I learned I could also paint and draw well… for my age. I did performance choir and drama too. And my dad certified me as a scuba diver.
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This period was full of change. I stopped the artistic modalities, played thirteen seasons in total of four different sports, changed my diet, and was diagnosed with three invisible chronic illnesses. I was bedridden for two years, started college during a global pandemic, became a PADI Divemaster, and determined I was really into marketing.
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Once COVID opened the world back up, I left for three months to become a PADI Instructor in Honduras, then decided not to return to the States. I finished college online while working full-time, volunteering, and working my way up the PADI ladder on a Caribbean island. I became the Marketing Manager for the scuba shop I worked for as well. Then, my health prevented me from continuing further down that path and that is where I am today.
“I am learning that my story is full of surprises, twists and turns, and even sorrows. But the joy of life is to learn, day by day, that the surprises keep us young at heart, the twists and turns keep our minds sharp, and the sorrows remind us there is something yet to fight for. So I’m taking my lemons, making a cocktail, and dancing in the rain.”