2. BEFORE I STARTED THE MCBS PROGRAM, I HAD AN IDEA OF WHO
I W A N T E D T O B E C O M E B U T D I D N ’ T H A V E A C L E A R P A T H T O G E T
THERE.
3. I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING
THAT HELPED ME EXPRESS MYSEL F AND MOT IVATE
OTHERS TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES AS WEL L . BUT
THEN L I FE HAPPENS.
4. BECAUSE OF THAT , I MADE MISTAKES THAT AL TERED MY
PERCEIVED FUTURE.
5. MY ATHLET IC CAREER WAS OVER AND I WAS ENGAGING IN
ACT IVI TY THAT WAS SEL F -DESTRUCT IVE.
6. OF SCENERY WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME. I SECOND GUESSED MY PA SSION
7. I WAS NOT THE PERSON I THOUGHT I WAS. UNT I L F INAL LY,
L I FE HAPPENS.
8. I DECIDED TO MOVE TO SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE I HAD
RECENT LY PLAYED COL LEGE FOOTBAL L .
9. IN SOUTH DAKOTA, I DISCOVERED MY WI FE WHO HAD TWO
CHI LDREN WHO I INSTANT LY LOVED.
10. HER MOTHER WORKED AT A NAT IVE AMERICAN BOARDING
SCHOOL FOR KIDS WHO WERE IN THE SOCIAL SYSTEM. I
STARTED WORKING THERE TOO.
12. I COULD GIVE THESE KIDS DIRECTED HOPE L IKE MY
COACHES GAVE ME.
13. EIGHT YEARS, TWO MORE KIDS, AND ANOTHER MOVE LATER, MY
PASSION FOR L IVING L IVES IN MY AT TEMPT TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMI LY
AND THE EXPRESSION OF THE GI FTS I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WI TH.
14. I ’ M N O W A N O L D E R A N D M U C H W I S E R V E R S I O N O F T H E
P E R S O N I T H O U G H T I W A S N ’ T .
15. MY MISTAKES BECAME THE CHAPTERS OF AN OPEN BOOK
THAT MY CHI LDREN WI L L SOON STUDY.
16. EVER SINCE I CHOSE TO PURSUE MY PASSION FOR MEDIA, I
SEE A CLEAR PATH TO F INDING MY PURPOSE ON THIS
EARTH.