Our Story

As a young girl growing up in Kigali, Rwanda's capital, I had no idea that I would be spending my early adult years in America, and how that would help shape the rest of my life. For that's where I would meet my future husband, best friend, and business partner.

He grew up in Southern Orange County, California. Surfing up and down the coast and plucking away on his guitar is how he spent the days of his youth.

Somehow, as fate would have it, we both ended up in Chicago at just the right time to meet each other and fall in love.

That lakefront city is where the longing for a lifestyle that brings us closer to nature and celebrates sun-filled days began to take root and grow. A lifestyle that remained a fond memory of his... an unimaginable dream of mine.

With our eyes set on a new horizon, we were no longer satisfied with the urban day-to-day life of working endless hours just to get by.

We have both always had a strong sense of wonder, and a firm belief that we are all sharing this great experience for some cosmic purpose.

From these foundational beliefs, we soon developed a mutual appreciation of the interconnected nature of ourselves, and our environment. That we are one and the same.

We always knew that whatever we do, we want to have a positive impact on our community and our environment. That's when we discovered within us the confidence that we needed if we were going to turn our pandemic daydream of achieving our desired lifestyle into a reality.

Just like that, Hi To The Sun was born!

The name culminated from several philosophical ideas distilled into a simple, salutatory phrase that embodies the interconnectedness we all share in this great act of life as we try not to take ourselves too seriously.

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Girl posing in the sun at the beach in Hi to the sun "Summer Lace "Ivory Tunic Top with Gold Embroidery

"Summer Lace" adjustable cotton tunic top

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Hi To The Sun Radical-C skincare serum, dropper bottle.

"Radical-C" fortified clean vitamin C serum

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Girl on rocks holding sarong against the blue sky.

"Pacific Doves" Sarong

$24.50

"The sun still shines, even when it's hiding".

~Winnie The Pooh