06/14/2026
This popped up on the memories feature in my photos app and I wanted to share it with all of you…
18 years old. Just a kid with a massive checklist of big ideas and maybe half the brain power needed to actually navigate them.
Back then, I wanted to be everything at once—an educator, a journalist, a social connector, a philanthropist, and yeah, I even thought I had a place in politics. I just had a ridiculous amount of hope, but beneath all that noise, the core of it was simple. I wanted to help people and change the world, one family at a time.
The years since haven't been a smooth ride. I’ve fallen flat on my face, I’ve struggled, and I’ve had to learn the hard way that doing this work is messy. Trust me.
But every single entrepreneur, kid, and community cause I’ve ever championed since this photo was taken—I have scraped and fought for them with absolutely everything I’ve got.
The LEGO aspect actually came later. It wasn't even on the radar back then. It came after spending real time teaching, where I saw firsthand how much school kids were struggling with basic social skills and meaningful engagement. I realized they needed a different way to connect, and the bricks became the tool to build that gap.
Honestly I think GEAUX BUILD was conceived in a fever dream one cozy fall morning sitting in my classroom’s reading chair deciding would I die there? Or would I go into the world and live.
And the wildest part? Look at life today. I’m actually doing all of it.
Between the community building, the advocacy, the media projects, and the daily grind, I am wearing every single one of those hats. It doesn't look like the polished, perfect dream I imagined as a teenager.
It’s just real life—a lot of work, a lot of grit, and a hell of a lot of rewarding moments. + a hell of a lot of moments that want to kill, steal from, and destroy you. However!!!!! As the Torah, and the bible say… the enemies only purpose is to be destroyed. Where evil rises so do COUNTLESS good works.
I’m still that punk. The goal is just got a lot more grounded, and thank God, a lot more realistic. Still that same kid, just focused on the work. I’ve decided to get back into the things that built me.
Business? It’s brutal man. “High society”? hard as hell. The truth? I’d choose it all again. From signing a major contract with a real “job” in the major media that I can’t wait to announce… to keeping our city more informed with GMS life is worth living. Seriously.
I’m so lucky, I love anyone who stopped to read this.
Thank you!!! You never know who is in your corner, I’m in yours. If you’ll have me.
