• About Us

    About Us

    WaterCelebration.us | Embracing The Gift Of Water

    Our H₂O mission is simple and bold: spark powerful cultural conversations about water while bringing the world’s best water-related products, water-inspired travel experiences (coming soon), and water-centered events to water lovers everywhere.

    A Bold H2O Awakening For Our Big Blue World

    WaterCelebration honors water’s impact through stories, investigative journalism, quotes, podcasts, and events that reveal water's vital role in our lives. From curating top-quality water gear to igniting a global movement, we celebrate water’s beauty, value, and power. Together, let’s embrace the gift of water -- and life itself.

    • Bringing Water Outside The Cup - WaterCelebration explores water’s deep impact through stories, podcasts, and journalism. From sustaining life to shaping culture, water connects us all. Join us and dive into its endless power.
    • Curating The Best Water Gear - WaterCelebration’s Water Store brings you the best water gear, handpicked for true water lovers. With detailed insights, we help you choose wisely. No surprises. We honor you, just as water honors life.
    • Celebrate Water. Celebrate Life - Join WaterCelebration in honoring water’s beauty and power. Through purposeful action, we cherish, protect, and celebrate the essence of life—H2O. Let’s make waves together.
    • Perpetual Water Motion - Like water, at WaterCelebration, we continue to point to water’s magic through events, books, tours, and our podcast, And So It Flows. Dive in with us—because water’s story is endless.

    Below, see our current team of inspired and hydrated water lovers. We welcome you aboard our vessel of water love.

    Meet Our H2O Loving Team

    Leslie Gabriel

    Leslie Gabriel is an H2O activist, author, content creator, event producer, podcaster, marketing star and a public speaker for water. Leslie beat lifelong chronic rashes by using pure water to detox his body and mind. Leslie spends time as a runner, hiker, skier, kayaker and cold plunger.

     

    Tara Wallace

    Tara, our VP of Admin, is a UK expat and certified digital nomad living in Mexico. A self-proclaimed mermaid, she’s spent 3 years traveling the world’s waters. When not swimming, she’s streamlining systems, connecting H2O collaborators, and she loves making water waves for our Blue Planet.

     

    Dayna Remus

    Dayna Remus has writes and reports on political news and social commentary on issues, such as public education, water safety and investigative journalism. Dayna holds a BA in International Relations and Philosophy. When Dayna is away from her laptop computer, look for her in the bookstore.

     

    Anna Schoettmer

    As a devoted water journalist, Anna joins our team of water writers to explore water’s journey, from centuries of pollution to modern conservation. A former Bard College at Simon’s Rock prodigy, her fresh voice and passion for H2O storytelling are helping shape a new era of water journalism.

     

    Sandeep Goyal

    Sandeep Goyal is a passionate web developer with a deep love for water. He spends his days crafting stunning websites and evenings exploring the beauty of the natural world . Sandeep spends time by the H2O with his family in Chandigarh, the capital of the Indian state of Punjab and Haryana.

     

    Steve Middendorp

    Steven Middendorp is an investigative journalist and a river lover exploring the intersections of government, health, environment, and justice. His work on corruption, pollution, and agriculture has appeared in HighWire, Wrong Speak Publishing, The Longmont Leader, and The Montrose Mirror.