Her name was Nicole Ramirez. I met her my Freshman year of high school. She was full of life, hilarious, and a friend of mine. I remember specifically a group project we were involved in and we all had to get together and work on...
Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Never in my life did I ever think I'd be here. I'm a city kid that went to high school in Montebello, CA, how in the world did I end up in Milwaukee? I dropped out of college to be a...
Over the last 3 years, people have asked for advice about running a non-profit. I always find it relatively funny because I really haven't accomplished much in my past beyond Gamerosity and even still, I'm figuring it all out as I go. However, over the...
I used to think of my career as an obstacle, an immovable object standing in-between my dreams. I blamed my "day job" for missing out on perceived opportunities to help others, make real change, and pursue a new career as a leader of a non-profit....
Things have gotten a bit different in my life since I randomly bought a 15 year old boy an Xbox 360. For years I searched for meaning. For years I came up empty in the meaning. For years, I worked anonymously through the ranks just like...
Can I be honest? January was tough for me. I've spent the last 3 years working as hard as I can to make Gamerosity a real, tangible, meaningful thing. I hustled through late nights, long road trips, and lots of euphemisms involving blood, sweat, and tears...
I am going to state some facts. These are not meant to be seen as boasting but rather to add credibility to what comes after. I am an executive pastor at Rogue Valley Fellowship, it is my full time job. I have started going back to school...
Raising a Global Baby (We hope) My husband DJ and I spent more than eight years exploring before we decided to have our first child. After we had Ezekiel, we didn't want to stop exploring. We were determined to raise a child who would love to...
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” ― H. Jackson...
You are probably wondering how in the world I am going to trim down a list that could be hundreds long into three. Well, you are not alone. I asked myself that same question when this this topic was brought up. There are a ton...
