Wendy Natividad

I write. I ride. I improvise. ✍🏼 🏍️ 🎭

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Hiii, I'm conducting this research study for grad school 🎓

If you know an autistic woman with no prior improv experience who'd be interested in participating, please pass along the word. Here's the link with all the info. Thank you!

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“More and more, my body feels like a prison.”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (February 2026)

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“Stay strong; we've got this ✊🏼”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (January 2026)

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“Wherever you may be on your own path, I hope the the coming year brings you loads of joy and abundance to share with your friends and loved ones!”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (December 2025)

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“My work is only beginning as Roadcat-in-Chief.”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (November 2025)

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“YES, my October was especially packed with improv AND this dispatch is a take on the fundamental improv warmup, “Five Things.” Improvisers know the drill.”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (October 2025)

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“None of us ride in a vacuum. None of us exist in a vacuum. We can’t. We might as well embrace that our rides are more fulfilling, that our lives are more abundant when we share our good fortune with other people.”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (September 2025)

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“Welp! Grad school is back in session. Summer break zipped by in flash. Almost as fast as my Bonneville when I’m lane splitting and late to a party.”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (August 2025)

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"I do recommend any of the following activities to maintain one’s sanity during a self-imposed, nine-day quarantine. [...] These activities have been Inner Child Wendy-tested, Adulting Wendy-approved."

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (July 2025)

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“Despite even the best of our plans, sometimes life as we know it can change in completely unforeseen ways. Speaking for myself, what grounds me today amid the chaos of uncertainty is remembering that life changes like these are normal.”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (June 2025)

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"I saw them not as threats to my safety, but as two people who just needed some support. In improviser terms, they were two scene partners I could’ve easily labeled as criminals, but decided to label as friends."

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (May 2025)

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"[W]hile my thirties may be sunsetting, I feel like another era has only begun to dawn for me. It’s an era of reawakened purpose, driven by cultivating creativity and community."

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (Apr 2025)

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"As the weather warms up, I’m finding that projects of mine both intended and unexpected are beginning to bear fruit this season."

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (March 2025)

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"The older I get, the more I take the principle of “lifelong learning” to heart. Learning yields growth; growth is a sign of life."

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (February 2025)

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"Nothing derails your day — let alone your start to a new year — like a trip to the emergency room."

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (January 2025)

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“We belong on our bikes. We belong on the road. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (November 2024)

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“Super fun news, just in time for spooky season! I’ve come aboard as Producer for the independent TV pilot, Dead of Night with The Grim Reaper.”

— Keep It Up or Bike It Off (October 2024)