When I say giving back I don’t necessarily mean financially or materialistically. I just feel like in any way that you possibly can, whether it’s your time or clothes or anything that you can give back to the world and to the community because our life wasn’t always like this.

We were on welfare at a point and there were times that we didn’t have something to eat. I remember where we lived with my mom – I lived in a garage with her, so I say we need to know not to take things for granted, and it’s very important for me to show that to the kids. I express to them that all of this can be taken away in the blink of an eye. I feel that we need to give because we’ve been blessed.

I want to be a motivational speaker in the near future. I think that’s a way to give back, to share with people my story and to show them that I’ve gone through a lot in the 25 years I’ve been on this planet. I want to show them how I’ve come along and how I’ve overcome things.

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