I'm an engineer by degree with a passion for the arts and working with my hands; and a disdain for the way engineering is taught in schools. I'm a bit of a speedy jet with a broken compass, I'm always racing in the direction of the skill that's caught my interest... for now. My goal is to inspire others to get out to their local makerspace or their garage and get making things. Thanks for stopping by!

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Xyla Foxlin
3727 W. Magnolia Blvd. # 174
Burbank, CA 91505

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Xyla Foxlin

Join the party streaming Fortnite today!!! JoeyBee from ‪@BPSspace‬ is on right now, ‪@EverydayAstronaut‬ is next hour, ‪@TierZoo‬ and ‪@wannabegamermom‬ later, and I'm on at 10pm PST!! We are raising money for a nonprofit I LOVE and sit on the board of-- hands on STEM education for girls <3

6:00 PM: Everyday Astronaut
7:00 PM: TierZoo
9:00 PM: Wannabegamermom
10:00 PM: Xyla Foxlin

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🚨 THE MENTAL HEALTH IN AVIATION ACT (H.R. 2591) HAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 🚨

6 months ago, I shared this video about losing my medical certificate to fly. Thousands of you spoke up, donated, and called your representatives and they LISTENED! The week this video came out, every single congressperson received at least one letter from one of their constituents voicing your concerns about aviation's access to mental healthcare. By the time we made it to DC in April, they knew who we were and why what we are saying matters.

A huge, HUGE congrats to everyone at ‪@PilotMentalHealth‬ for pushing this bill through, to ‪@seancasten9600‬ and ‪@RepPeteStauber‬ for a successful vote, and all of YOU who made your voices heard and called your congressperson. (Yes, they really did hear you!)

While this is a huge step forward, it isn’t a full win yet! Next stop is the Senate; if you’re looking for ways you can help follow @pilotmentalhealth and the best thing you can do right now is DONATE. www.pmhc.org/donate

Pushing a bill through Congress is not easy; to get this far we’ve already held over 200 meetings with House members and our estimation is that we need to raise $75,000 by the end of the year to push this through the Senate. Please donate here if you are able: www.pmhc.org/donate

But in the meantime, let’s celebrate. 🎉 Cheers to us, for making our voices heard. For seeing a problem affecting the safety of our pilots, air traffic controllers, and the flying public and taking genuine action to solve it. For successfully clearing the first major hurdle in passing a bill that will make this country better. CONGRATS TEAM 🇺🇸

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1,027

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Just dropped a lil sneak preview of tomorrow's fuselage video on my offcuts channel! It's a vibey background top-down timelapse, but be sure to stay tuned because tomorrow I'm dropping the big ol' main channel build video here! (also.... tomorrow is my birthday which means you're legally obligated to watch it. I don't make the rules)

3 months ago | [YT] | 507

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#sponsored Y’ALL!! If you’ve seen my teardrop trailer build video, you could probably guess
that that project has genuinely become a core memory for me. But I’ve accumulated so
many terabytes of videos over SO MANY SSDs since then that I completely lost track of the
original footage for like two years 🙁 But with my Synology NAS system, I finally have a way
to organize my old archived files and keep them all in one secure place. Now that I can
implement an actual functional file management system, I FINALLY FOUND THE
FOOTAGE!! It’s been so nostalgic to look through all the raw footage and remember all the
funny bits and jokes that didn’t make it into the final cut. Huge thanks to Synology for
helping me retrieve the memory of one of the most amazing builds I've ever done 🥹

I have the Synology DiskStation DS3622xs+ 12-Bay NAS Enclosure with 192 terabytes of
storage. If you want to learn more about Synology NAS, click here! sy.to/ey1no

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I can’t believe there’s a whole freaking half a million of you!! I am so grateful for my irl friends for showing up with cake and balloons, and my internet friends (you!!) for showing up video after video. Cheers to big things happening this year💜🚀✈️

3 months ago | [YT] | 3,693

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Did you miss my recent video?

Genuinely curious about why it's underperforming so much. Would love to hear your thoughts- are you tired of airplane content? Is the thumbnail or title weirding you out?

4 months ago | [YT] | 360

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The nonprofit's YouTube channel that I got my youtube start on just got rebooted! And I am so honored I was asked back to help host the first video back :))))

4 months ago | [YT] | 226

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5 years ago today I posted my very first YouTube video— a 2020 quarantine crazed cedar strip corset made from scraps of my canoe. I remember taking pictures wearing it in my aunt and uncle’s backyard and was so excited about them that I tweeted them without thinking, until I woke up to it having gone completely viral. I marathon edited that video in 24 hours and posted it— and somehow got monetized that day and have been on this crazy roller coaster of full time YouTuberying ever since.

I am so grateful every single day to all of you for making this whacky, improbable, and forever interesting job a reality. Thank you thank you thank you 💜

4 months ago | [YT] | 4,634

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Per request-- here is an uncut version of my full talk at the Pilot Mental Health Campaign's Benefit Dinner in Washington DC last week.

This dinner was the night before our Advocacy Day, where we had 70+ Congressional meetings to educate our congresspeople on ways to make the skies safer for everyone. The Mental Health in Aviation Act and Aviation Medication Transparency Act were introduced to the House on April 2 :)

If you haven't already, please consider contacting your representative in support of the bills: tr.ee/CTA-XYLAxPMHC

5 months ago | [YT] | 1,322

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A lil' video I did with ‪@theindieinitiative‬ !

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