🌿 Ariana Isabella Young: Where Science & Sweat Meet 🚀

"The body is a temple, but let’s just say I’m all about sustainability."

I’m Ariana—a bioplastics engineer by day, a fitness alchemist by daybreak, and an all around philosopher of the iron by 12:01am. I’m crazy busy—lab coats, protein shakes, and life-altering existential crises between deadlifts. 💪🔥

The Story (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Squat Rack)

I was curious (and very stubborn) enough to land in bioplastics not only save the world, but to re-invent it. Each polymer I engineer is a love letter to the Earth, but baby, this love has calluses and a barbell.

At 17, I traded mall trips for microscopes and realized way too late that latex gloves and manicures don’t mix. But when you are busy turning algae into the future, who has time for chipped polish? 💅✨

The Philosophy (Or Why I Mine Deadlifts for Therapy)

Life is too short to have weak glutes and weak morals. I chase strength in every way:

• Physical: Because nothing says "I love myself" while I crush a 200lb clean & jerk. 🏋️‍♀️
• Mental: I see failures in the lab as godmothers of success the same way I see failed PRs—analyze, adapt, attack, and trust the process.
• Planetary: If I can design bioplastics to replace even one oil-based straw, I’ll die happy (but let’s not do that just yet because I need to do legs). 🌎

To me, "momentum tastes better than regret." (And yes, dessert is included in that phrase…sometimes).

The Vibes (Or How to be a 10/10 while Saving the Planet)

I’m that girl who:

• Gets so carried away talking about compostable packaging at parties 🎉
• Posts sweaty gym selfies with captions like "Newton’s Third Law: to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." 🤓
• Sneaks kale into everything (even margaritas—don't @ me). 🍹

But beyond the protein shakes and PhD? Just a woman obsessed with progress to save the planet—in the lab and the gym, and soul.

Last words? "You can't flex a polluted ocean." Let’s get strong—inside and out. DM for collaborations, eco-hacks, or my secret pre-workout routine (I’ll just say espresso and delusional optimism). ☕️💚