Hey! Taking a chance to introduce myself.

Kassim asked "What do I have?" I have courage.

By the time I was 9 I was suicidal, by 13 I was pulled out of school, and by 16 I was in the police station getting interrogated with my mom in tears watching it all happen.

I was so lost. I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel. I didn't know that I needed to feel the pain of the world, so that I could have compassion for others.

I needed to feel how lost we are in modern society, so I could help create solutions.

After 12 years as a target inside the public education system, I didn't trust my teachers when they told me 4 more years of college for $80,000 would prepare me to thrive.

So I placed a bet on myself, saved money, and seized the reigns of life.

The day I graduated high school, I bought a one-way ticket to India. It was a rite of passage, marking the end of my childhood, and the beginning of manhood.

I was ready to kill the old identity of who I had become and how I was perceived in my hometown.

I was ready to become someone new.

So I became a student to life.

I learned from cultures around the world, sat in 10 days of silent meditation, solo climbed to views of Mount Everest, bought a motorcycle and rode it 1500 miles from northern Vietnam to southern Cambodia.

I got to know strangers, friends, dangers, and mentors from China to New Zealand, Nicaragua to Bolivia, and California to New Hampshire.

I found myself sitting up all night in native american ceremonies and learning to sing and pray.

I found myself fasting for 4 days and 4 nights in the desert, and becoming a part of a nonprofit that helps men become better leaders for their families and communities.

Eventually, I found myself living in the Caribbean. First in St Thomas, now Puerto Rico where I'm putting roots down.

But there's a key that I haven't told you.

I unlocked many doors because I had a camera in my hand, and I knew how to use it.

One skill led to my first LLC, Wayfinders Media, that is now a full-service brand development and marketing team with a strong reputation.

All because I took a bet on myself.

All because I told myself "I have the courage to overcome any challenge on my path."

Because of that, I have broken generational cycles of trauma.

And that evidence is what allows me to keep saying yes to the most meaningful vision I have that simultaneously scares me the most.

Creating a healthy home, partnership, and a family of my own.

I have so much respect and admiration for anyone who is doing their best to create that too.

Thanks for reading,

Asa

What do I want?

Growth in my business and career.
More skill as a founder to keep leading my team in a direction that allows us to keep growing.
Capacity to keep holding the growing pressures of business, family, etc. without collapse.

What do I need?

Little keys from mentors and community that will help me continue to unlock doors and follow my path, personally and professionally.
Connections and introductions to good community, especially anyone who lives here in PR.
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Hey! Taking a chance to introduce myself.