This is how you’ll survive at the end of the world.
A doomsday prepper has gone viral on social media for sharing her tips and tricks for survival in any conceivable situation — emergency, natural disaster, invasion or apocalypse.
Growing up watching action flicks with her late father, Chicago native Sari Sanchez, 40, was inspired to prepare for disastrous events, now boasting over 50,000 followers on TikTok, where she posts educational survival content.
Sanchez is imparting her survival know-how for her thousands of TikTok followers. John Apsey/PA Real LifeWhile doomsday preppers get a bad rep, Sanchez has debunked the stereotypes.
“A lot of people make prepping a political thing, or they think of a weird guy with a beard living in a hut in the woods with his dog and his manifesto — I think I provide a different face,” Sanchez told PA Real Life.
“I also love makeup, and I love to laugh. I don’t take anything too seriously, which is a nice balance to facing the apocalypse.”
On social media, Sanchez — aka “Pretty In Prep” — posts videos about her “bug out” pack, a bag stuffed with necessities that can be grabbed in case of emergency. The carryall — an inconspicuous gray backpack that is “not tactical-looking” — contains items like a map, a hat, a knife, important documents, photos of loved ones, rope, a compass, radio with batteries, a headlamp, a sewing kit and a fire starter kit.
Additionally, her first aid kit includes trauma sheers, bandages, gauze, surgical gloves, compression bandages and an emergency blanket. She also threw in toiletries, a menstrual cup, water and electrolytes.
“I don’t want to go to an island and be naked and survive off frog skin – but would I like to play a character that does? I sure would,” said Sanchez, who works as an actress. John Apsey/PA Real Life
Sanchez, who resides in LA, was inspired to learn basic survival skills and other important safety tips after watching action movies with her father as a child. Collect/PA Real LifeIn another clip, she shared her “end of the world basics.”
You must have three days of food and water as well as medications — such as pain, cold and flu, allergies and digestion — and, lastly, building a community with friends, family and neighbors is key. She emphasized learning basic skills like cooking, sewing, first aid, car mechanics or gardening.
“I prepare so that I don’t have to face those situations,” she told PA Real Life.
“I feel more at peace if I’m controlling my environment.”
Sanchez owes her survivor mindset to her late father, who “loved action movies.”
“I was his little girl but he treated me like his little boy,” she said. “I think especially because I was a girl, he was, like, ‘You can do anything. You can survive.’”
On TikTok, Sanchez shares what tools to always have on hand — such as a crowbar. Collect/PA Real Life
She also details what items she has in her every day emergency bag and her “bug out” pack. Collect/PA Real LifeShe worked three jobs during her undergraduate studies to afford college and was a member of the rifle team with the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC).
Being raised in Chicago, she said she witnessed robberies and harassment, which inspired her to get serious about her survival skills.
“I felt like I needed to take care of myself just the same way my dad taught me when I was a little girl,” she said.
Online, Sanchez also reveals little-known safety tricks that viewers might not know, such as never wearing claw clips in your hair in the car. Collect/PA Real LifeWhile Sanchez now resides in Los Angeles and works as an actress, she still has her survival know-how — and imparts it onto others online.
“All of my friends now carry flats with them if they go out to be able to walk, or they get off their phone, take the pods out of their ears, and just be aware of what’s going on,” she said.
Despite her video content, she doesn’t think the end of the world will come anytime soon but believes everyone should be equipped with basic skills that can help in the event of an emergency.
Sanchez believes she gives a “different face” to doomsday preppers. John Apsey/PA Real Life“If you’re in a car and you break down and you’ve got a kiddo, you should know what to do,” she said.
“I talk a lot about aliens and zombies because it’s fun, and it makes it less scary to think about tsunamis and war and bad guys coming into your house.”






