We had the good fortune of connecting with Tenaj & Tino Melendreras and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Tenaj & Tino, what is the most important factor behind your success?
We feel our authenticity has played a major role in the success of our brand.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
What sets us out from the others is our backgrounds. It was definitely not easy getting to where we are now. There’s times where you want to give up but something inside of you says keep going it’s going to pay off, you will see the light at the end of the tunnel. Making plans, setting realistic goals and rewarding yourself after those small milestones it’s the best way we’ve overcome our challenges. The best lesson to learn along the way is that, you need to be able to adapt to change. The world and people are constantly evolving and if you can’t keep up, you’ll be left behind wondering what happened. We would love the world to follow our full story on YouTube. We documented our journey of quitting our jobs, selling everything to travel the world. Our proudest moment would be the day we decided to quit a normal life and tried something different.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
Well. We would take our best friend camping in the Sonoran Desert, where we would spend the day hiking, relaxing and taking pics for social media of course. At sunset we would light a campfire and sip on wine while listening to the desert sounds at night.

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
We would love to thank the support we’ve received from our followers! They really encourage us to continue creating content about our experiences.

Website: http://bit.ly/TTfbpro

Instagram: http://bit.ly/ttigram

Facebook: http://bit.ly/ttfbpg

Youtube: http://bit.ly/TTyutu

Other: We can also be found on other platforms like Snap Chat and Tik Tok.

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