Background information:

Where are you from? 

What do you do? 

Did you attend college and/or have formal training in your respective field or industry? If so, please elaborate on the year you graduated and from what institution.

What factors of your upbringing influenced your career goals? 

How long have you been in this career? What did you do previously?

What long-term goals do you have?

Impacting as many lives as I possibly can. I am seeking to do this by utilizing the medium of my podcast the Speak Your Success Podcast. In addition to having my own nonprofit to equip students with the tangible tools and soft skills that they need to be successful. Also, I would like to take my message to a larger platform such as conferences, potentially coaching/consulting and adding value to others by writing more books.

What steps are you currently taking in this direction?

Investing in my brand by having a coach who helps me stay on track. Also listening to other’s stories and accepting information and seeing how I can apply it to my life. Lastly, I have been getting mentored by CEOs in the business sector. Lastly, Toastmasters International has been a place where I work with seasoned teachers, speakers, and educators that challenge me to learn week after week.

Tell us about your social media presence. Do you use it in your line of work? Why or why not, is it important in your day-to-day responsibilities, platform or career?  I use it daily and heavily. Across the major platforms, you will find me. It is extremely important because Americans collectively check their smartphones upwards of 8 billion times per day. Knowing that I utilize social media as my largest marketing strategy asset I intentionally use it to share my message with others.

Which public figures, role models and or historical figure shaped your goals as a child and in adulthood? Any that embodies your personal values?

I briefly touch on this in my book but as a child, I looked up to Jamie Foxx just seeing how talented he was and the way he leveraged his gift (Music, Acting & Comedy). In addition to Kevin Durant, who I always admired for him being open in his faith and relationship with Jesus Christ. However, Inky Johnson would be an individual that embodies my personal values and he is one of my biggest inspirations the way he speaks, his faith and just the values that he consistently operates in day after day.

What does it mean to you to be a millennial? How do you share that with others in your life, those you meet and with your peers?

It means to be one of the biggest slept on secrets. We’re a generation born before the ebook and now we see everything is shifting towards technology. We are difference makers and culture shifters just by the information that we have access to. Now we just have to begin to apply what we know and leverage it to help ourselves and others ultimately.