OCCUPATION: Healthcare Professional

INTERESTS/HOBBIES: Traveling and experiencing different cultures, photography, motivational speaking, performing and listening to music; member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

SHARE A STORY OR EXPERIENCE THAT DEFINES YOUR JOURNEY AS A BLACK MAN.
When I understood that I’m free to do what I want in life and to celebrate and encourage freedom from the mental and systemic prisons that may attempt to detain me.

WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE IS THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD ASPECT OF BEING A BLACK MAN?
Understanding that Black identity comes in all shades and some stereotypes associated with being a Black man.

DEAR BLACK MAN…
Understand that people will see you, before they hear you! Not only do I value you. I respect you. I know your potential. I know you are strong, smart, feared, and forgiving.  You are more than your outward appearance, you embody class, distinction, achievement, perspective, strength, and dignity. You have a voice, use it, strong, Black man, USE IT!

WHAT MAKES YOU PROUD TO BE A BLACK MAN?
I know that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. I know who I am and who’s I am.  Every lesson and experience of adversity that has shaped me as an adolescent continues to cement the character I have as a man, a Black man!

HOW CAN BLACK MEN WIN IN AMERICA?
Black men are the target, and we hold the keys to the kingdom. We must understand that this is our moment and for us to win, we must take advantage of said moment. We can win by understanding that we are not here to play, to dream, to drift.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE QUOTE?
”Be who you are and say what you feel, because those that matter don’t mind and those that mind don’t matter.” -Dr. Seuss