More and more, it seems like life is just one big meme.

With that social phenomenon as my inspiration, I decided to throw a dart at the intersection of pop culture and personal development archetypes by trying to meme myself; hopefully it sparks your curiosity or a conversation

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Over the past few years, I’ve sat and reflected on the reality that we become the stories we tell ourselves and what we focus on only grows; and that’s why I share who I am in three parts:

/ I’m a former two-sport, collegiate student-athlete with a degree in sociology and environmental studies, that has reapplied my commitment, effort and outcome-oriented nature to foster experiential education, community economic development, entrepreneurial ecosystems, narrative change, civic health, political depolarization, social cohesion and belonging through community building in physical and digital spaces.

Some of my career highlights include immersion in Boston's thriving educational and nonprofit ecosystem, learning how to genuinely and effectively develop community in post-bankruptcy Detroit, leading a large group of remote workers around the world for a year, driving 50,000 miles around the rural and rural adjacent United States engaging local community leaders to better understand our social and spatial inequity in the Trump Era, and, most recently, finding countless ways to build community and meaningfully support others in virtual, hybrid and in-person environments through and following the global pandemic.

// I’m an improbable, unplanned pregnancy, born to two people who weren't ready to be parents, and raised by a collective - from extended family members to football coaches - who all banded together to support and give me a shot at a quality life. I’m here because of them, and I can only consider staying here for other people and their communities as a result.

My whole life I’ve been a guest in someone else’s home, and my primary childhood house was marked by addiction, neglected mental health, and abuse. I first tried to take my life at age nine. I first got arrested at 16. I entered adulthood unsure of who I was beyond a student-athlete. After college, my life fell apart and spiraled when I was wrongfully charged with a felony at 23, leaving me laid off and impoverished; I gave a TEDx talk on it two years later. It’s a very imperfect reflection that continues to serve as the foundation for my ongoing journey of self-discovery, reconciliation inner-peace and personal growth, since then.

/// I strive to be flawed, authentic and in integrity with myself and others; I think that’s all we can ask and expect in return at the end of the day.