Shaylin Romero is a young, intrepid creator that will change the world, and she is the first guest of the 2026 Tinstreamer season. I restarted my freelance writing career in 2018 with photographer and Texas Tech professor of practice, Jerod Foster. That led to my relationship with Texas Tech University where I’ve had the opportunity to work with the next generation of media professionals like Shaylin, and they never fail to inspire me.
Shaylin graduated from Texas Tech in December 2025 with a Bachelor’s degree in Creative Media Industries. I sat down with Shaylin at The Independence Creek Preserve during Texas Tech’s Maymester field-photography class. Shaylin and I chat about, drinking from water hoses, the adventures we’ve been on, Texas pride, and the rigors of documentary production.
Shaylin was featured in “Chasing The Plains,” a Texas Tech documentary made by Michael Ortiz (a future Tinstreamer guest) about the student film crew on a 15-day adventure motorcycle trip up the Great Plains.
