Pokemon Trainer Spotlights Posts

I remember the first time I vended at an event. I was excited. energized, even, until I realized I’d forgotten the two most important things: cash and my card reader. No way to make a sale. So I improvised. I promoted my Pokémon Memory Wall instea…

I remember the day I sent the message that changed everything. I wasn’t sure I was ready to lead. But I had already spent years helping my local Pokémon GO community organizing raids, giving advice, showing up even when no one asked me to. Eventual…

When BrandonTan91 came to visit, we talked for hours. About Pokemon GO, about the grind, but more importantly, about the people. I remember opening up to him about my hopes for rebuilding the Pokémon GO community in Dallas after the pandemic. The fa…

By the time I was heading into high school, most people around me had already given up on Pokémon. It wasn’t cool anymore. It was childish, embarrassing, almost felt taboo. So I hid it. I kept my Game Boy close, but quiet. No one knew how much Ruby …

I remember walking empty streets during the early months of COVID-19. The world outside my car windows was quiet, surreal, places that once buzzed with life were ghost towns. As an essential worker, I wasn't confined to my home like many others, but…