January Sablan believes that if you can dream it, you can do it. When she was just a child, plunging into an open space freely and being a skydiver was already her dream.
Little did she know that her childhood dream would be her profession in the future.
When she moved to France six years ago, she had the opportunity to make her dream come true. She loves her job so much that she became the first Filipina solo skydiver in the country. Her skydiving skills were nurtured by the French world champion wingsuit flyer Zun.
No matter how much she enjoyed her job, she, too, experiences hardships at times. As a mom of three with a very demanding job, training, sometimes, is difficult. January tries her best and have jumps every weekend in the southern part of France.
“Being able to fly and see the world from a high altitude is just wonderful and piloting my own parachute is very satisfying,” she said.
The company where she works now, Parachutisme.fr, specializes in the organization of parachute jumps and skydiving courses for companies and individuals in France and abroad. It allows residents and tourists to learn free falling.
“What I like the most about my work is the freedom of doing whatever I want to do and become myself and just enjoy what life has to offer,” January said.
She aims to represent the Philippines in skydiving sports in the future.