Jacks Genega is an avid adventurer whose journey into exploring the world of wilderness survival began when encountering an earthquake.

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Jacks Genega was a full-time film editor turned full-time skills instructor after several experiences in Europe’s backcountry taught her that skills will save your life in more ways than one. Solo expeditions listing from Iceland’s remote wilderness, Mont Blanc and The Alps, Germany’s Black Forest, The Highlands of Great Britain, to Sweden’s Arctic Laplands; have taught Jacks that nature much like life can be unpredictable and deal you heavy grievances. After encountering many inconvenient situations such as storms, earthquakes, injuries, animal encounters and even crooked man encounters; she teaches that having skills, situational awareness, and knowing life-saving techniques are critical for living a life filled with adventure and aliveness. She also has had extensive survival training from leading experts in the industry from Woodland Ways, The Pathfinder School, and Boulder Outdoor Survival School. Jacks does not shy away educating how nature and skills can transform a person’s narrative from wounded to warrior or a survivor to survivalist as she shares her own stories of how the wilderness has helped heal personal traumas. 

Her experience and dedication to wilderness survival led her to compete on The History Channel's Alone: World Championship, where she put years of training, resilience, and self-reliance to the ultimate test in the world's most demanding survival challenge. She completed an impressive 62 days living alone in Canada's Arctic Circle successfully procuring food through foraging and primitive hunting, fishing, and trapping methods. Her philosophy is simple: survival is the intersection between grit and heart.