I was born June 19, 2025 in Madera, CA. I'm 24 years old and I have been fighting life since the day I was born, from life placing many obstacles in front of me, to be a statistic of life failures.

Regardless of all odds an how many times I fell on my face through the years I never stop chasing dreams. Each dream is a significant replica of you. Well my dreams were and still are my will to strive for success. I've been a professional athlete for 7 years. As well as a state felon for 7 years. I took on life's toughest obstacles to prove to myself and the world that giving back is the inspiration to challenge the odds and help redirect ourselves and those around us. In the last 7 years I've fought some of the nation's best and world's best. I've placed at world tournaments and trained with many champions and athletes. But not once did I ever forget where I came from and the steps it took me to get here. From the struggle of raises a child alone to losing friends to drugs and death to even me being homeless and feeling as quoting was my only option.
On those days I stood up an stated to myself, "I am me an for who I am I will succeed; for those who haven't before me; I am me."

A year ago I took a challenge to redirect our youth from troubled, overweight, and even your daily average student. The emphasis of MMA, my art of which help me control my heart my mind an body, has taught me how to learn and continue to learn. Today is today as tomorrow is tomorrow. We have no control of yesterday, but to challenge life now for when it's past, you can only move to tomorrow.
I fight because this is what I know works for the youth I was a part of years ago. Times haven't changed for the better, but for the worse, so challenge them to be better than worse by controlling your mind.

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